Definition of corrido in English:
corrido
nounPlural corridos kɒˈriːdəʊˌkɔˈridoʊ
A ballad in a traditional Mexican style, typically having lyrics that narrate a historical event.
several corridos devoted to the tragedy were composed
Example sentencesExamples
- The corrido has long been an expression reflecting public values and a community's interpretation of the historical process.
- Soon after his mysterious death in 1992, close to 150 corridos about his plight were recorded.
- That same year, Chalino composed a corrido about his brother that launched his musical career.
- Mr. Garcia's repertory includes songs of desperate lovers and other more traditional corrido themes.
- People believe a corrido much more than anything the authorities tell them.
- But Hernandez says that even the corridos featuring fictional characters reflect the realities of Mexican life.
- A commissioned corrido, on the other hand, is a story based more on a specific person.
- In migrant communities, however, the corrido remains the newspaper of illiterate people.
- Corridos narrate stories about revolution, crime, heroic showdowns, horse races and natural disasters.
- Her father worked in factories while singing corridos in Mexican nightclubs around Los Angeles.