gritar

VerbEdit

gritar (Latin spelling)

1. to shout

Related termsEdit

• grito

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /gɾi.ˈtaɾ/
• (Portugal, following an oral sound) IPA^(key): [ɣɾi.ˈtaɾ]

VerbEdit

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

1. to shout, to scream

Related termsEdit

• gritaria
• grito

ConjugationEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

VerbEdit

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

ConjugationEdit

Related termsEdit

• gritador
• gritería
• grito
• gritón