Definition of "corrido" []

• A Mexican ballad or folksong. (noun)

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• "Another corrido is about Joaquin Murrieta, native of Sonora who live in the Gold Rush era in California and became known as a cutthroat bandido."
• "Sometimes these "occurrences" are very unhappy ones: the corrido is written in remembrance, or in protest of what the people consider grave government errors."
• "A corrido is a song of experience that captures the spirit of certain historical events."