grito
Spanish, noun
grito is spelled G-R-I-T-O (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,150th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Grito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a cry, a yell, a scream, a growl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of gritar. With an accent, gritó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of gritar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Emisión intensa de voz que expresa una gran emoción o dolor”.
What does grito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea cry, a yell, a scream, a growl
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of gritar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of gritar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Emisión intensa de voz que expresa una gran emoción o dolor. 2. Lo que se dice mediante un grito₁. 3. El sonido característico que producen algunos animales.
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 grito
- gritos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to grito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is grito in Spanish?
grito appears 19 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).