gritar

VerbEdit

gritar (Latin spelling)

1. to shout

Related termsEdit

• grito

EtymologyEdit

Medieval Latin crīdāre (“to cry out, publish, proclaim”), 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”), 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