noun, masculine/feminine/pitiˈʝanki/plural: pitiyanquis
someone who supports United States interventionism and imitates the culture of the United States
“[…]se jacta en afirmar: —Yo me siento más norteamericano que el presidente de Estados Unidos. ¶ Willie Santana es el perfecto pitiyanqui, disfrazado de boricua.” — […] he brags when he declares: "I feel more American than the president of the United States." ¶ Willie Santana is the perfect pitiyanqui, disguised as a Puerto Rican.
Related: pitiyanquismo
From French petit (“small”) + yanqui (“Yankee; American”), popularized in Puerto Rico in the 1940s and 50s, and in the late aughts in Venezuela by Hugo Chávez. According to Puerto Rican lexicographer Augusto Malaret, it was coined by poet Luis Lloréns Torres as early as 1917.
adjective/pitiˈʝanki/
pitiyanquis
“Maduro volvió a referirse a Aznar después de que el viernes pasado lo acusara de la muerte de más de un millón de iraquíes y hoy lo señaló al comentar que no solamente deben ser juzgados "los amos estadounidenses" sino también sus "súbditos", "sus esclavos pitiyanquis en el mundo".” — Maduro alluded to Aznar again after last Friday he accused him of the death of over a million Iraqis, and today he pointed to him when he commented that not only should the "United States masters" be judged, but also their "subjects", "their pitiyanqui slaves in the world".
From French petit (“small”) + yanqui (“Yankee; American”), popularized in Puerto Rico in the 1940s and 50s, and in the late aughts in Venezuela by Hugo Chávez. According to Puerto Rican lexicographer Augusto Malaret, it was coined by poet Luis Lloréns Torres as early as 1917.