gritar

gritar (Latin spelling)

1. to shout

• grito

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”) (per Diez), or from Frankish *krītan (“to cry out, scream, proclaim”) (per Littré), compare Middle Dutch crītan (“to cry”).

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

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

1. (intransitive) to shout, to scream

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:gritar.

• gritaria
• grito

From Old Spanish cridar, gridar, from Medieval Latin crīdāre (“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 quirito (“to shriek, hiss”).

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾiˈtaɾ/

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