Ladino

Verb

gritar ‎(Latin spelling)

1. to shout

Related terms

• grito

Portuguese

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to shout, to scream

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:gritar.

Related terms

• gritaria
• grito

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

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

An alternative (less likely) origin is Frankish *krītan "to cry out, scream, proclaim" (--Littré), related to Middle Dutch crītan ‎(“to cry”).

Cognate wtih Portuguese gritar, Catalan cridar, French crier, Italian gridare).

Verb

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

Conjugation

Related terms

• gritador
• gritería
• grito
• gritón