Example sentences for: pocho

How can you use “pocho” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A Chicano who does not speak fluent Spanish may be said to speak pocho Spanish, but the reverse is never stated about a Mexican who cannot speak fluent English.

  • He refers to a modern Aztec calendar as a Pochteca calendar, which features wisdom from the “wise guy ancestors of the modern day Pocha and Pocho.”

  • Pocho (Half Mexican)

  • Tin Tan made several Mexican films portraying the Mexican American pocho who code-switches between English and Spanish, and speaks caló.

  • Many carpas (tent theaters) featured pelado or peladito characters, and the agringado (anglicized) and the pocho (half Mexican) were special targets of his comic wit and satire.


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