grito

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See also: gritó

English

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Etymology

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From Spanish grito.

Noun

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grito (plural gritos)

  1. A Mexican outcry characterized by ululation, used as an expression before a battle cry or ranchera.
    • 2016 June 1, Randal Sheppard, A Persistent Revolution: History, Nationalism, and Politics in Mexico since 1968[1], Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, page 140:
      During the post-election turmoil, an estimated fifteen thousand people gathered at the Angel of Independence on Independence Day 1988 for a grito organized by the PAN that the party described as an event “that signifies the authentic freedom of Mexico” and that focused on repudiating electoral fraud.
    • 2021 December 13, Maira Garcia, “Vicente Fernández, the King of Machos and Heartbreak”, in The New York Times[2], retrieved 2021-12-13:
      The night doesn’t begin to end until someone starts pouring tequila, plays this song [“Por Tu Maldito Amor”], and belts out a grito in their best Chente voice — operatic and soaring with a tinge of melancholy.

See also

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese grito (independently attested in both corpora; in Galician since circa 1300), back-formation from gritar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈɡɾito/ [ˈɡɾi.t̪ʊ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈħɾito/ [ˈħɾi.t̪ʊ]

  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: gri‧to

Noun

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grito m (plural gritos)

  1. cry; shout; scream
    Synonym: berro
    • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 92:
      Et uĩjnan dando tã grãdes vozes et tã grandes gritos et fazendo tã grãdes roydos, que semellaua que todo o mũdo y vĩjna
      And they were uttering so large voices and so large shouts and making so large noises that it seemed that all the world were coming there

References

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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grito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gritar

Ladino

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Noun

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grito m (Latin spelling)

  1. shout
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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -itu
  • Hyphenation: gri‧to

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese grito, from gritar, from Vulgar Latin *crītāre, either from Latin quirītō or Frankish *krītan.

Noun

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grito m (plural gritos)

  1. cry; shout; scream
    Synonyms: berro, clamor
    Antonym: sussurro
  2. (uncountable) screaming; shouting; din
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gritaria
    Antonyms: silêncio, calma
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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grito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gritar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɾito/ [ˈɡɾi.t̪o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: gri‧to

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from gritar.

Noun

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grito m (plural gritos)

  1. a cry, a yell, a scream, a growl
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • English: grito

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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grito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gritar

Further reading

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