Grito
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Grito is a noun meaning A Mexican outcry characterized by ululation, used as an expression before a battle cry or ranchera.
Meaning
A Mexican outcry characterized by ululation, used as an expression before a battle cry or ranchera.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- gritos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include outcry, groan, exclamation, roup, growling, clamor.
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