gritar

to scream

to shout

gritar(gree-tahr)

intransitive verb

1. (to talk very loudly)

a. to scream

El niño gritó cuando vio la araña.

The kid screamed when he saw the spider.

b. to shout

Hay alguien gritando en la calle.

There's someone shouting in the street.

c. to yell

No voy a responder si estás gritando.

I am not going to reply if you are yelling.

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.

(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.

gritar

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

transitive verb

3. (en voz alta)

a.

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