Words similar to corrido
Example sentences for: corrido
How can you use “corrido” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
One corrido, “Mi Micaela,” hides the word mica in a woman’s name Micaela, but the first line gives it away: “Tú eres mi Mica, Mica, mi Micaela, Tú representas todo lo que mi alma anhela” (You are my Mica, Mica, my Micaela, You represent all that my soul desires).
One variant of the corrido “La Adelita” follows:
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:
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.
It was the main ballad tradition in New Spain until the corrido evolved from it, around the period of Mexico’s independence.
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