corrido
Americannoun
plural
corridosEtymology
Origin of corrido
< Mexican Spanish, Spanish; corrida
Example Sentences
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I didn’t know what would happen with it, or if people would accept a corrido singer making reggaeton music.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025
In a genre obsessed with flashy gimmicks, Rodriguez sticks to the traditional corrido sound across 13 tracks, setting himself apart from the crowd with his raw vocals and prickly guitar style.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025
“Adelita” is an adaptation of a traditional Mexican corrido, a traditional epic poem that can be set to music.
From Salon • Jul. 8, 2025
Veytia, a portly figure with a bushy mustache, seemed an unlikely Eliot Ness, but he was credited with reducing violence and hailed as “the terror of every criminal” in a laudatory corrido, or ballad.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2025
There is also a Tagalog corrido, or metrical romance, with this title.—TR.
From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.
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