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'''{{lang|es|Guiri}}''' ({{IPA-es|ˈɡiɾi|pron}}) is a colloquial [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word often used in [[Spain]] to refer to foreign tourists, particularly those with northern European looks. However, it can be applied to people from other Northern European countries. |
'''{{lang|es|Guiri}}''' ({{IPA-es|ˈɡiɾi|pron}}) is a colloquial [[Spanish language|Spanish]] word often used in [[Spain]] to refer to foreign tourists, particularly those with northern European looks. However, it can be applied to people from other Northern European countries. Although somewhat [[pejorative]], it is not considered a slur by Spanish speakers if used as a lighthearted tease.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ub.edu/geocrit/sn-94-58.htm|title = Moros, sudacas y guiris. Una forma de contemplar la diversidad humana en Barcelona}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pellicer |first1=Naiara Reig |title=¿Quiénes son los 'guiris'? |url=http://www.cafebabel.es/cultura/articulo/quienes-son-los-guiris.html |work=Cafébabel |publisher=Babel International |date=26 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202040238/http://www.cafebabel.es/cultura/articulo/quienes-son-los-guiris.html |archive-date=2 February 2016}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 00:45, 8 February 2024
Guiri (pronounced [ˈɡiɾi]) is a colloquial Spanish word often used in Spain to refer to foreign tourists, particularly those with northern European looks. However, it can be applied to people from other Northern European countries. Although somewhat pejorative, it is not considered a slur by Spanish speakers if used as a lighthearted tease.[1][2]
Sources
According to the Real Academia Dictionary, this word can be traced back to 19th century Carlist Wars in the form "guiristino", the pronunciation of Basque-speaking Carlist forces of the name of their enemies, the Cristinos (after regent Queen María Cristina).[3] It entered the Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española in 1925. When a "guiri" would be the term used by the opposing political parties of the time, later to be exclusively used for the Guardia Civil and Policía Armada (Armed Police) under the Francoist régime.[4]
There is another theory by Juan Goytisolo that guiri is a neologism from Caló language which derives from Moroccan and Algerian Arabic gaouri (a word with a similar meaning applying to Europeans), which in turn stems from Ottoman Turkish gâvur.[5]
See also
- List of terms for ethnic exogroups
- List of ethnic slurs
- List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names
- List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity
- Lists of pejorative terms for people
- Xenophobia
- Gringo
References
- ^ "Moros, sudacas y guiris. Una forma de contemplar la diversidad humana en Barcelona".
- ^ Pellicer, Naiara Reig (26 August 2015). "¿Quiénes son los 'guiris'?". Cafébabel. Babel International. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016.
- ^ guiri at the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española
- ^ The Spanish Republic and the civil war 1931-39, by Gabriel Jackson, New Jersey, 1967
- ^ Pesquisas en la obra tardía de Juan Goytisolo, page 66, Volumen 33 de Foro hispánico, ISSN 0925-8620, Brigitte Adriaensen, Marco Kunz, Rodopi, 2009, ISBN 9042025476, ISBN 9789042025479. Quotes Estambul otomano, page 62, Juan Goytisolo, 1989, Barcelona, Planeta.