corrido

American  

[kaw-ree-doh, kawr-ree-thaw] / kɔˈri doʊ, kɔrˈri ðɔ /

noun

plural

corridos

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

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Etymology

Origin of corrido

< Mexican Spanish, Spanish; corrida

Example Sentences

What “it” is has become clearer in the last year for the 28-year-old vocalist, also known by fans as “JOP,” who has led his band to top multiple Billboard charts and helped propel the Mexican corrido tradition.

From Los Angeles Times

“A legendary band. An original song. A very Simpson twist. @lostigresdelnorte perform “El Corrido de Pedro y Homero” this Sunday on FOX,” the program’s official Instagram page wrote in a post alongside a pair of stills from the episode.

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Fuerza Regida, “Marlboro Rojo” If I sit on the porch of my Boyle Heights home for 15 minutes, I guarantee you that a pickup truck will eventually drive by playing a corrido at a window-rattling volume.

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The 2026 Super Bowl halftime show headliner Bad Bunny and Inland Empire corrido kings Fuerza Regida scaled new commercial and cultural heights this year, as emerging acts like Silvana Estrada, Ela Minus and Netón Vega took exciting new detours in their sounds.

From Los Angeles Times

But then, Waldie concludes by citing a Spanish-language corrido about the disaster: “Friends, I leave you/with this sad song/and with a plea to heaven/For those taken by the flood.”

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