grita

See also: gritá

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish gritar (“to yell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾiˈta/ [ɡɾi.ˈta]
• Hyphenation: gri‧ta

Verb

gritá

1. to shout; to yell

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for grita

	Zamboanga City	Cavite
tense	grita
past	ya grita
present	ta grita
future	ay grita; grita; el grita; (rural/archaic) ey grita	di grita
gerund	gritando	?
past participle	gritao; gritado
infinitive	grita
manner	gritada
reciprocal	gritahan
reciprocal past	ya man gritahan; ya'n gritahan
reciprocal present	ta man gritahan; ta'n gritahan
reciprocal future	ay man gritahan; man gritahan; el man gritahan; (rural/archaic) ey man gritahan
reciprocal infinitive	man gritahan

Galician

Verb

grita

1. inflection of gritar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾi.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾi.tɐ/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin Quirītēs

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

?

Latin quirītō

Late Latin cirītō?

Proto-West Germanic *krītanbor.?

Vulgar Latin *crītāre

Portuguese gritardeverb.

Portuguese grita

Deverbal from gritar.

Noun

grita f (plural gritas)

1. the act of many people shouting

   Synonyms: gritaria, gritedo

Etymology 2

Verb

grita

1. inflection of gritar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “grita”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “grita”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾita/ [ˈɡɾi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: gri‧ta

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin Quirītēs

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

?

Latin quirītō

Late Latin cirītō?

Proto-West Germanic *krītanbor.?

Vulgar Latin *crītāre

Old Spanish gritar

Spanish gritardeverb.

Spanish grita

Deverbal from gritar.

Noun

grita f (plural gritas)

1. shouting match
2. hubbub; hullabaloo

Etymology 2

Verb

grita

1. inflection of gritar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “grita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025