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

Though he has yet to release an album, Eddyknew the audience would sing along to melodic corrido covers of Banda MS’ “A Lo Mejor” and Alejandro Sanz’s “Corazón Partío.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

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.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

There’s salsa, merengue, South American folk, and “Dolce,” a gorgeous corrido tumbado about that infamous red dress that went viral.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

Although Oriental Märchen turning on this motif of the louse-skin drum are lacking, the Filipino corrido need not have got the conception from Europe: it is Malayan.

From Filipino Popular Tales by Fansler, Dean Spruill