Güero

Güero [ˈweɾo] or [ˈɡweɾo] is a word used in Mexico to denote a person of fair complexion or with blond or red hair. The feminine form is güera. Although Güero/a typically refers to a blond person, in Mexico, it can mean anyone of lighter hair, even a person with light brown hair, especially auburn hair. This is opposed to "indio", "moreno" or "prieto", who are of dark brown or black hair and of browner skin tones and/or Amerindian or Afro-Mexican origin.

Guero is from the nahuatl, the language of the aztecs and it means "yellow palid" and it was used to describe "palid color skin people" (Europeans). It was a derogatory term. People use guero as a marketing word when they get referred to the consumer.

Güero may also refer to:

Music

• Guero, 2005 album by Beck
• Guerolito, 2005 remix album by Beck, featuring all of the songs from Guero except for the hidden track, "Send a Message to Her"
• Matando Gueros, 1993 album from the Mexican metal-band Brujeria
• Guero, a piano studio by German composer Helmut Lachenmann

People

• D.J. Guero, a D.J. on KBVR that hosts D.J. Guero's Midnight Mash-up Megamix.
• El Güero Jaibo (d. 1993), aka Juan Francisco Murillo Díaz, a member of the Tijuana Cartel
• El Güero Loco, one of the many aliases of Ivan Martin, member of the Chicano Hip-hop group, Delinquent Habits.
• El Güero Palma, nickname for Héctor Luis Palma Salazar, Mexican drug trafficker

Film

• El Güero Estrada, 1997 Mexican film directed by Gilberto De Anda and scored by Gustavo Ramírez Reyes