corrido
Americannoun
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corridos
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of corrido
< Mexican Spanish, Spanish; see corrida
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Signed with Rimas Entertainment, Hermosillo singer Mosmo is bringing his own crooning element to the corrido world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
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
From trap corrido originators Arsenal Efectivo to Conjunto Rienda Real’s signature norteño sax, each performer paid tribute to their closest friends and professional peers — many of whom were invited to share the stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 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 Dean Spruill Fansler
Música mexicana’s boom has reimagined sounds passed down through generations with corridos, rancheras, norteño, banda and sierreño for the streaming era.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
We knew that people liked us apart from the corridos like “Rápido Soy,” “No Son Doritos,” but I think with “Como Capo” we discovered that people like other sounds and lyrics.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
He’s memorialized in corridos, or Mexican folk ballads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
According to Spotify, corridos accounted for 77% of all música Mexicana streaming in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
Rather, he was something of a poet, an inventor of on-the-spot ballads called corridos, and at one time he had been able to read and write in both English and Spanish.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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