corrido

[kaw-ree-doh, kawr-ree-thaw]

noun

plural

corridos 

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

They are prepared to play a range of cover songs from contemporary and older corrido artists, but Ibarra quickly calls an audible onstage to start with some cumbias after seeing the small dance-hungry crowd.

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I didn’t know what would happen with it, or if people would accept a corrido singer making reggaeton music.

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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.

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Two years ago, Castro paired up his deep voice with corrido tumbado star Peso Pluma in the reggaeton hit “Quema” featuring SOG, which landed him his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 92.

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“Un Mojado Sin Licencia” is in the same jaunty vein as other Mexican classics about illegal immigration such as Vicente Fernández’s “Los Mandados,” “El Corrido de Los Mojados” by Los Alegres de Terán and “El Muro” by rock en español dinosaurs El Tri.

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