gritar

From Medieval Latin crīdō (“to cry out, publish, proclaim”) (compare Portuguese and Spanish gritar, Catalan cridar, French crier, Italian gridare), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin quirītō (“to shriek, wail”) (per Diez), or from Frankish *krītan (“to cry out, scream, proclaim”) (per Littré), compare Middle Dutch crītan (“to cry”).

• IPA^(key): [ɡɾiˈtaɾ]

gritar (first-person singular present grito, first-person singular preterite gritei, past participle gritado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to shout, to scream

   Synonym: berrar

• crida
• grito

• “grito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “grit” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “gritar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “gritar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “gritar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

gritar (Latin spelling)

1. to shout

• grito

From Medieval Latin crīdāre (“to cry out, publish, proclaim”) (compare Galician gritar, Spanish gritar, Catalan cridar, French crier, Italian gridare), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Latin quirītō (“to shriek, wail”) (per Diez), or from Frankish *krītan (“to cry out, scream, proclaim”) (per Littré), compare Middle Dutch crītan (“to cry”).

• Hyphenation: gri‧tar

gritar (first-person singular present grito, first-person singular preterite gritei, past participle gritado)

1. (intransitive) to shout, to scream

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gritar.

• gritaria
• grito

From Old Spanish cridar, gridar, from Medieval Latin crīdō (“to cry out, publish, proclaim”), from Frankish *krītan (“to cry out, scream, proclaim”) (--Littré), related to Middle Dutch crītan (“to cry”).

An alternative (less likely) origin is Latin quirītō (“to shriek, hiss”).

Cognate with Catalan cridar, French crier, Italian gridare, and Portuguese gritar. Compare English cry.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾiˈtaɾ/ [ɡɾiˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: gri‧tar

gritar (first-person singular present grito, first-person singular preterite grité, past participle gritado)

1. to shout, to scream, to cry out, to call out
2. to jeer at

• gritador
• gritería
• griterío
• grito
• gritón

• “gritar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014