Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word GRITO

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Definitions of GRITO

1. A Mexican outcry characterized by ululation, used as an expression before a battle cry or ranchera.

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Examples of Using GRITO in a Sentence

• In 1868, Lares was the site of the Grito de Lares (literally, The Cry of Lares, or Lares Revolt), an uprising brought on by pro-independence rebels members of the Revolutionary Committee of Puerto Rico striving for Puerto Rican independence from Spain.
• The city was a small town known simply as Dolores when Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla uttered his famous cry for the independence of Mexico (the Grito de Dolores) there in the early hours of September 16, 1810, in front of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores parish church.
• This led to protests and demands by the local Criollo population and influenced several revolutionaries, which led to the Grito de Lares.
• Rancheras are also noted for the grito mexicano, a yell that is done at musical interludes within a song, either by the musicians and/or the listening audience.
• On September 23, 1990, the anniversary of the Grito de Lares, Ojeda Ríos cut off the electronic tag that had been placed on his ankle as a condition of his release, and became a fugitive.
• After the Grito de Lares (Cry of Lares) revolt in 1868, he was suspected of being a conspirator and was imprisoned in the dungeons of Fort San Felipe del Morro by General Pavia, even though he had not participated in the failed revolt.
• In 1868, she knitted the Grito de Lares flag that was intended to be used as the national emblem of Puerto Rico in its first of two attempts to overthrow Spanish rule, and to establish the island as a sovereign republic.
• Mathias Bruckman, was a leader in Puerto Rico's independence revolution against Spain known as El Grito de Lares (English: The Cry of Lares).
• Llorens Torres' historical drama, El Grito de Lares (The Cry of Lares), deals with the attempted overthrow of the Spanish government on the island with the intention of establishing the island as a sovereign republic.
• In the next town, San Sebastián del Pepino, the Grito de Lares (Cry of Lares) revolutionaries encountered heavy resistance from the Spanish militia and retreated to Lares.
• Brugman, Mathias, leader in Puerto Rico's independence revolution against Spain known as El Grito de Lares (Lares' Cry).
• Mathias Brugman (1811-1866), was a leader in Puerto Rico's independence revolution against Spain known as El Grito de Lares (Lares' Cry), half Jewish.
• On Grito de Lares, September 23, 1968, Jose Cha Cha Jimenez reorganized them and formed the Young Lords as a national political and civil rights movement.
• Mathmos developed new products both in house with the Mathmos Design Studio and with a number of external designers such as Ross Lovegrove, El Ultimo Grito, Studio Job, and Sabine Marcelis.
• Lola Rodríguez de Tió wrote the lyrics to "La Borinqueña," which was used by the revolutionists in the Grito de Lares.
• In 1869, the incoming governor of Puerto Rico, Jose Laureano Sanz, in an effort to ease tensions in the island, dictated a general amnesty and released all who were involved with the Grito de Lares revolt from prison.
• The Spanish Crown did not keep its part of the treaty with Cuba, and on February 24, 1895, insurgents rose against the Spaniards in the provinces of Oriente, Santa Clara and Matanzas in what became known as "El Grito de Baire".
• With the beginning of redemocratization in Brazilian politics in the latter half of the '70s, Gonzaguinha started to compose more lighthearted songs like "Recado," 'Começaria Tudo Outra Vez," "Explode Coração," "Espere por Mim Morena," "Grito de Alerta," "Sangrando, Eu Apenas Queria que Você Soubesse," "Caminhos do Coração," "O Que É o que É, Feliz," "Mamão com Mel e Lindo Lago do Amor," "Nem o Pobre nem o Rei.
• File:Sitio desde el cual, en la mañana del 5 de noviembre de 1811, lanzo el primer grito de independencia de centro america14 de diciembre de 1947.
• The 1987 documentary El Grito Subterraneo (The Underground Scream), presented interviews of youth in the movement, and outside officials trying to understand the movement, as well as performances in Peru at the time, such as , Leusemia, Eutanasia, Kaos, Flema, Narcosis, Maria Teta, Empujon Brutal, Sinkura, Guerrilla Urbana, and others.

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