Example sentences for: corrido

How can you use “corrido” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Américo Paredes cites a stanza from a corrido (ballad) the Mexican soldiers sang after the Battle of Puebla (celebrated on Cinco de Mayo) that taunts the vanquished French soldiers with the following words:

  • From the devil-at-the-dance narratives to the tragic death of Rosita Alvarez, recounted in the corrido of the same name, we learn of the importance of el baile in both rural and urban Chicano communities.

  • It was the main ballad tradition in New Spain until the corrido evolved from it, around the period of Mexico’s independence.

  • See also “El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez”; Corridos; Paredes, Américo; Los Rinches

  • It is a study of a border ballad, “El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez,” which looks at the history of the Texas-Mexican border and the life of Gregorio Cortez, and presents an analysis of the man as a ballad hero.


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