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English
Etymology
From Spanish grito.
Noun
grito (plural gritos)
- 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, 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.
See also
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese grito (independently attested in both corpora; in Galician since circa 1300), back-formation from gritar.
Pronunciation
Noun
grito m (plural gritos)
- 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
- “grito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “grito” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “grito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “grito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “grito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2
Verb
grito
- first-person singular present indicative of gritar
Ladino
Noun
grito m (Latin spelling)
- shout
Related terms
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -itu
- Hyphenation: gri‧to
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese grito, from gritar, from Vulgar Latin *crītāre, either from Latin quirītō or Frankish *krītan.
Noun
grito m (plural gritos)
- cry; shout; scream
- Synonyms: berro, clamor
- Antonym: sussurro
- (uncountable) screaming; shouting; din
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gritaria
- Antonyms: silêncio, calma
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
grito
- first-person singular present indicative of gritar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɾito/
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: gri‧to
Etymology 1
Deverbal from gritar.
Noun
grito m (plural gritos)
- a cry, a yell, a scream, a growl
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
grito
- first-person singular present indicative of gritar
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