grito

=

scream

noun

grito
masculine noun
1. shout (chillido); cry, scream (de dolor, miedo); cry (de sorpresa, de animal)
  • se escuchaban los gritos de los manifestantes -> you could hear the demonstrators chanting
  • dar o pegar un grito -> to shout o scream (out)
  • a grito limpio o pelado (informal) -> at the top of one's voice
  • hablar a gritos -> to shout, to talk at the top of one's voice
  • pedir algo a gritos (figurative) -> to be crying out for something
  • poner el grito en el cielo (informal) -> to hit the roof
  • ser el último grito -> to be the latest fashion o craze, to be the in thing
  • grito de dolor -> cry of pain
  • grito de guerra -> war o battle cry

grito [gree’-to]
noun
1. Cry, scream, howling; hoot. (m)
  • Eastar en un grito -> to be in continual pain
  • Dar un grito -> to raise an outcry, to set up a shout, a hurrah
  • Llorar a gritos -> to weep and wail
Es el último grito, it’s the very latest.

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