corrido

[ kaw-ree-doh; Spanish kawr-ree-thaw ]

noun

, plural cor·ri·dos [kaw-, ree, -dohz, kaw, r, -, ree, -, th, aws].

1. a Mexican ballad or folksong about struggle against oppression and injustice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of corrido¹

< Mexican Spanish, Spanish; corrida

Example Sentences

Upon entering the glass-ceilinged waiting area, they said, they were shocked to hear a familiar corrido playing in the distance and see papel picado strung from the walls.

From Los Angeles Times

She opens the album with the brash “Xlas Nubes,” a corrido tumbado fleshed with the distressing tolls of agony.

From Los Angeles Times

Songwriter and producer Hector Guerrero, who has composed for regional giants like T3R Elemento, Grupo Firme and Los Tigres del Norte, helped Becky craft the hard-hitting corrido tumbado beats of “Encuentros.”

From Los Angeles Times

Started as a cover band in 2015, the group’s first breakout single was a drug-focused corrido, “Radicamos en South Central.”

From Los Angeles Times

Over the next several years they continued to grind out albums and embrace the corrido tumbado movement — now with 13 albums to their name.

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