gritar
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to yell
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to scream
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gritar(
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An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb
1. (to talk very loudly)
a. to yell
No voy a responder si estás gritando.I am not going to reply if you are yelling.
b. to scream
No me gusta ir a los partidos de fútbol porque hay tanta gente gritando.I don't like to go to soccer games because there are so many people screaming.
c. to shout
Hay alguien gritando en la calle.There's someone shouting in the street.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb
2. (to say very loudly)
a. to shout
El entrenador gritó las jugadas a su equipo.The coach shouted the plays to his team.
b. to yell
Las animadoras gritaron el lema de la escuela.The cheerleaders yelled the school motto.
3.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g. skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(to scold)
a. to yell at
Por favor no me grites en frente de mis amigos, mamá.Please don't yell at me in front of my friends, mom.
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gritar
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb
1. (hablar alto)
a. to shout
2. (chillar)
a. to scream
no grites tanto, habla más bajodon't shout so much, lower your voice a bit
gritó de dolorhe screamed in pain
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
transitive verb
3. (en voz alta)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
gritar algo a alguiento shout something at somebody
4. (reñir)
a. to shout o yell at
¡no me grites!don't shout o yell at me!
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gritar
intransitive verb
1 (dar voces) to shout
¡no grites! don't shout!; no sabes hablar sin gritar you can't talk without shouting; no me grites, que no estoy sorda don't shout, I'm not deaf; ¡no le grites a tu madre! don't shout at your mother!; gritaba de alegría he shouted for joy
2 (chillar) to scream
el enfermo no podía dejar de gritar the patient couldn't stop screaming; gritaba de dolor he was screaming with pain
3 (abuchear) to jeer
el público gritaba al árbitro the crowd were jeering the referee
transitive verb
[+instrucciones, órdenes] to shout
le gritaron que callara they shouted at him to be quiet
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no gritar
not to shout
no gritar en el salón de clases
not to shout in the classroom
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Verb Conjugations for gritar
PresentPreteriteImperfectConditionalFuture
yo
grito
grité
gritaba
gritaría
gritaré
tú
gritas
gritaste
gritabas
gritarías
gritarás
él/ella/Ud.
grita
gritó
gritaba
gritaría
gritará
nosotros
gritamos
gritamos
gritábamos
gritaríamos
gritaremos
vosotros
gritáis
gritasteis
gritabais
gritaríais
gritaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.
gritan
gritaron
gritaban
gritarían
gritarán
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