grito

See also: gritó

English

Etymology

From Spanish grito.

Noun

grito (plural gritos)

1. A Mexican outcry characterized by ululation, used as an expression before a battle cry or ranchera.
   • 2021 December 13, Maira Garcia, “Vicente Fernández, the King of Machos and Heartbreak”, in The New York Times‎^[1], 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

• yahoo
• yeehaw

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɾitʊ]

Noun

grito m (plural gritos)

1. cry; shout; scream
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), 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

   Synonym: berro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “grito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “grito”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “grito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “grito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “grito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Ladino

Noun

grito m (Latin spelling)

1. shout

Related terms

• gritar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese grito, from gritar, from Vulgar Latin *critare, from Latin quirito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾi.tu/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾi.to/
• Hyphenation: gri‧to

Noun

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

• grito de guerra

Related terms

• grita
• gritadeira
• gritador
• gritalhão
• gritante
• gritar
• gritaria

 

Verb

grito

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾito/ [ˈɡɾi.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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Etymology 1

Deverbal from gritar.

Noun

grito m (plural gritos)

1. a cry, a yell, a scream

Derived terms

• a grito herido
• a grito limpio
• a grito pelado
• poner el grito en el cielo
• último grito

 

Descendants

• → English: grito

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

grito

1. first-person singular present indicative of gritar

Further reading

• “grito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28