The Spanish word "Gringuez"

Question

I occasionally encounter the word "gringuez," which I assume to be "gringo" with the "-ez" ending that corresponds to the English "-ity" or "-ness" (fluidez = fluidity or fluidness, madurez = maturity, gigantez = hugeness). For example, there's this sentence...

Por soberbia, colonialismo, gringuez, no sólo nunca aprendió español, sino que nunca se vinculó con la cultura local.

...which I might translate as

By arrogance, colonialism, gringoness, he not only never learned Spanish, but never bound himself to the local culture.

Am I getting this right? "Gringuez" is an unreal word that corresponds to the unreal English word gringoness (gringosity)? Is there another Spanish word that captures the concept of gringoness?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Gringuez is not a real word, but it is very common to add this suffix ez to a word to create the character of anything. Your translation is good.

IE: El estupidez ... stupidness, but this happens to be a real word.

Answer 2

While it's not an official dictionary word (yet;D), it's very common to hear people use this word in Mexico, for example. And you're right, jtaniel, "gringoness" is a good translation for this term.

You can even find a chapter title in the book "Mexico Reading the United States" using this word: La pura gringuez.

Answer 3

I really don't know , but i suppose that the "ez" ending is related with the surname ending form, that means hijo de. For example: Ramirez hijo de Ramiro or in English Jhonson Jhon's son. In this case i think that the author of the article has give him a ficticious surname Gringuez=Gringoson Gringo's son or the extranger's son.. please correct my English

related to sounds better/Johnson /stranger not extranger - Mardle, Aug 22, 2015

Answer 4

I guess that this world is common in Mexico, but in Spain we don't use this world.