gridare

1. v/t shout, yell

gridare aiuto shout for help

2. v/i shout, yell

(strillare) scream

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gridare v. intr. to shout, to cry (out); (urlare) to yell; (strillare) to scream; (vociare) to bawl: ''Aiuto!'', gridai, ''Help!'', I cried; ''Alle pompe!'', gridò il capitano, ''To the pumps!'', the captain shouted; gridare con quanto fiato si ha in gola, to shout (o to yell) at the top of one's voice; gridare di dolore, to cry out (o to yell o to scream o to shriek) with pain; gridare per niente, to cry about nothing; ti sento, non hai bisogno di gridare così!, I can hear you, you don't have to shout like that; ascoltami senza farmi gridare, listen to me without making me raise my voice // gridare allo scandalo, (fig.) to make an outcry

◆ v.tr.

1 to shout, to cry (out); (urlare) to yell; (strillare) to scream; (vociare) to bawl: gridare aiuto, to shout (o to call) for help; gridare delle ingiurie a qlcu., to shout (o to yell out) abuse at s.o.; gridare un nome, to shout a name; gridare un ordine, to shout (o to bawl out o to sing out) an order // gridare vendetta, to call out for vengeance; gridare vittoria, to exult

2 (render noto) to make* known, to broadcast*: gridare qlco. ai quattro venti, to shout sthg. from the rooftops

3 (fam.) (sgridare) to scold, to tell* (s.o.) off.

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[ɡri'dare]

1. vi

(aus avere) (gen) to shout, cry (out), (strillare) to scream, yell, (animale) to call

smettila di gridare! — stop shouting!

gridare a squarciagola — to yell at the top of one's voice

gridare di dolore — to cry out o scream out in pain

2. vt

to shout (out), yell (out)

gridare aiuto — to cry o shout for help

abbiamo sentito qn che gridava aiuto — we heard someone shouting for help

gridare qc ai quattro venti — to shout o cry sth from the rooftops

gridare vendetta — to cry out for vengeance

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[gri'dare] 1.

verbo transitivo

1) (per dire) to shout (a to)

gridare una risposta — to shout out o call an answer

gridare aiuto — to cry for help

gridare a qcn. di fare qcs. — to shout to sb. o to scream at sb. to do sth

2) (per proclamare)

gridare la propria innocenza — to cry out o to proclaim one's innocence

2.

verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

1) [persona] to shout, to cry out

gridare di gioia — to shout for joy

gridare dal dolore — to cry out in pain

2) [animale] to cry out, to give* a cry

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gridare come un'aquila — to scream o yell blue murder

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gridare

/gri'dare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

 1 (per dire) to shout (a to); gridare una risposta to shout out o call an answer; gridare aiuto to cry for help; gridare a qcn. di fare qcs. to shout to sb. o to scream at sb. to do sth.

 2 (per proclamare) gridare la propria innocenza to cry out o to proclaim one's innocence

II verbo intransitivo

 (aus. avere)

 1 [persona] to shout, to cry out; gridare di gioia to shout for joy; gridare dal dolore to cry out in pain

 2 [animale] to cry out, to give* a cry

IDIOMS

gridare come un'aquila to scream o yell blue murder.