a grito pelado — meaning & examples

Language: es

Meanings:

  • 1.

    SpainLatin Americainformalcolloquial
    • With loud, unrestrained shouting; at full voice.
    • Sung or spoken loudly and without restraint.

    Examples

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    • La cantante interpretó la ópera a grito pelado, llenando el teatro con su potente voz.

      The singer performed the opera loudly and unrestrained, filling the theater with her powerful voice.

    • Durante el partido, los hinchas alentaban a grito pelado sin importar el frío ni la lluvia.

      During the match, the fans cheered loudly and without restraint regardless of the cold or rain.

    • No pudimos dormir porque los vecinos celebraban a grito pelado hasta la madrugada.

      We couldn't sleep because the neighbors were partying loudly and unrestrained until dawn.

  • 2.

    SpainLatin Americainformalcolloquial
    • Blatantly or openly, without subtlety or reserve.

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    • El vendedor promocionaba a grito pelado sin disimulo, tratando de convencer a todos en la calle.

      The salesman was blatantly promoting loudly, trying to convince everyone on the street.

    • No es necesario gritar a grito pelado para que te escuchen; puedes hablar con calma y respeto.

      It's not necessary to shout blatantly for them to hear you; you can speak calmly and respectfully.

    • El político criticó a grito pelado a sus oponentes durante el debate público.

      The politician openly and loudly criticized his opponents during the public debate.

Examples:

  • ES: La manada ya está a grito pelado otra vez.
    EN: No art in Honolulu Mr Amberton.
  • ES: Dejad de hablar a grito pelado.
    EN: Stop yelling your head off.
  • ES: - Cantaba a grito pelado, ¿verdad?
    EN: - She could really belt out a song, couldn't she?
  • ES: Y cantando a grito pelado, como siempre.
    EN: And still belting them out as good as ever.
  • ES: De camino aquí te llamé cabrón sádico a grito pelado y lo decía en serio.
    EN: Way here I called sadist bastard as loud And he meant it.
  • ES: O puedes cantarla a grito pelado.
    EN: You can just go ahead and sing it out screamin' loud.
  • ES: Habla a grito pelado. Me hace sentirme acomplejado.
    EN: You know, she always speaks at the top of her lungs, and I... you know, and I-I-I-- it always made me self-conscious, you know.
  • ES: ¿Te imaginas cantando a grito pelado así?
    EN: Can you imagine singing at the top of his lungs like that?
  • ES: Voy a terminar insultándolo a grito pelado por teléfono.
    EN: Well, whatever
  • ES: Sexo a grito pelado.
    EN: She screams sex.
  • ES: Porque me oirás decir a grito pelado:
    EN: You'll have to, to be heard over me yelling,
  • ES: El compañero Tosco a grito pelado para que pudiéramos escuchar todos, que hizo un homenaje en nombre de todos los compañeros
    EN: Comrade Tosco, on the top of his voice, honored the comrades deaths.
  • ES: Estamos eligiendo al monitor de la sala... ¿Y lo hacéis a grito pelado?
    EN: But we're trying to elect the wreck room monitor, Jim, and we-- [screaming] You call this screaming an election?
  • ES: Sabes cuando llegas al punto en el que escribes las letras de las canciones y las analizas. Y yo empecé a cantar a grito pelado,...
    EN: You know, you're at that stage, where you're writing down the lyrics and analyzing them... and I started singing at the top of my lungs:
  • ES: ¿Hay alguna manera de hacer una reseña a grito pelado... de la Escuela de Negocios de Wharton?
    EN: Is there any way to do a yelp review of Wharton Business School?
  • ES: Durante los primeros tres días lloró a grito pelado.
    EN: For the first three days, she screamed her head off.
  • ES: Creo que vas a cantarno a grito pelado el estribillo, con ganas.
    EN: I think you're gonna belt out a chorus for us, with feeling.
  • ES: ¿Me vas a dejar contarlo a mi manera o lo vas a decir a grito pelado?
    EN: Are you going to let me say it in my own way, or are you going to belt it out at the top of your voice?
  • ES: Para llorar a grito pelado.
    EN: Ugh. For crying out loud.
  • ES: Estuvo a grito pelado en su celda cantando Bonnie Tyler.
    EN: She was shouting her head off in her cell and singing Bonnie Tyler.

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