Are Costa Ricans becoming a monolingual gringoized people?
Costa Rica was never an American colony. But in recent years American has creeped into the Spanish of Costa Rica. We like to call it the “Agringamiento” (Gringoization) of Costa Rica Spanish.
Click here for the English to the gringoized list?
- Feisbuk (Facebook)
- Magdónal (McDonalds’s)
- Blac Fráidei (Black Friday)
- Tenksguibin (Thanksgiving)
- Guatafoc (WTF)
- Ishiu (Issue)
- Guaréber (Whatever)
- Plis (Please)
- Fon (Phone)
- Mitin (Meeting)
