gritar

/ɡɾiˈtaɾ/ · A2 · verb

to shout, to scream, to cry out, to call out

📢 gritar sounds like greet-ARGH: a greeting that turns into a scream

From Latin quiritare, to cry out for help in public. It is a cousin of English cry (via French crier) and Italian gridare. Link: gritar = cry, both from the same Latin shout.

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