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grita

Portuguese, noun/ˈɡɾi.tɐ/

grita is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the act of many people shouting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of gritar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação de gritar”.

What does grita mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininethe act of many people shouting

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ação de gritar 2. gritaria; alarido

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of grita

  • gritas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce grita?

  • Brazil /ˈɡɾi.tɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈɡɾi.tɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is grita in Portuguese?

grita appears 7.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).