gritar
Spanish, verb/ɡɾiˈtaɾ/
gritar is spelled G-R-I-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gritar is a Spanish verb meaning “to shout, to scream, to cry out, to call out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hablar con la voz muy fuerte, para intimidar, alertar o comunicarse cuando el ruido de fondo impide la…”.
What does gritar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shout, to scream, to cry out, to call out
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hablar con la voz muy fuerte, para intimidar, alertar o comunicarse cuando el ruido de fondo impide la conversación normal. 2. Emitir sonidos fuertes, ruidosos causados por el miedo, el dolor, la cólera, la locura, etc.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gritar
- grito first-person present singular
- grité first-person preterite singular
- gritado participle past
- gritando gerund
- gritada feminine participle past
- gritados masculine participle past
- gritadas feminine participle past
- gritas indicative informal present
- gritás indicative informal present
- grita indicative present singular
- gritamos first-person indicative plural
- gritáis indicative plural present
- gritan indicative plural present
- gritaba first-person imperfect indicative
- gritabas imperfect indicative second-person
- gritábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- gritabais imperfect indicative plural
- gritaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gritar?
- /ɡɾiˈtaɾ/
- [ɡɾiˈt̪aɾ]
- [gɾiˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gritar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gritar in Spanish?
gritar appears 16 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).