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单词 narcocorrido
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Definition of narcocorrido in English:

narcocorrido

nounPlural narcocorridos ˌnɑːkəʊkɒˈriːdəʊˌnɑrkoʊkɔˈridoʊ
  • A ballad in a traditional Mexican style whose lyrics recount the exploits of drug traffickers.

    even the harshest narcocorridos are merely sweet-sounding polkas if you don't know the words
    Example sentencesExamples
    • On her classic narcocorrido, the singer tells of being the daughter of a drug kingpin, partying the nights away while learning to shoot and fight.
    • The movie tells the story of the drug wars, contrasting the realities of the violence with the pop culture fantasy world of the narcocorridos.
    • These claims are referenced elsewhere in popular narcocorridos, or cartel folk songs, glamorizing the junior gangster.
    • After he performed in Chihuahua City, his promoter was fined $8,000 for violating the city's ban on narcocorridos.
    • For some people narcocorridos are innocuous, but for others the songs are a constant reminder of violence that has taken more than 60,000 lives to date.
    • They tracked down a narcocorrido songwriter, and found a band who recorded the song and appeared in a video that looked authentic to the culture.
    • A popular narcocorrido captured the life that so many here assumed he was living.
    • He's a virtuoso of the narcocorrido genre, accordion-driven, blood-lusting ballads that lionize the exploits of Mexico's drug cartels.
    • It's a combination of Mexican electronica, narcocorridos, other traditional songs and Mexican ska.
    • Music critics have also compared narcocorrido music to gangster rap.

Origin

1990s: Spanish, from narco- + corrido.

 
 

Definition of narcocorrido in US English:

narcocorrido

nounˌnɑrkoʊkɔˈridoʊˌnärkōkôˈrēdō
  • A ballad in a traditional Mexican musical style whose lyrics recount the exploits of drug traffickers.

    even the harshest narcocorridos are merely sweet-sounding polkas if you don't know the words
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They tracked down a narcocorrido songwriter, and found a band who recorded the song and appeared in a video that looked authentic to the culture.
    • For some people narcocorridos are innocuous, but for others the songs are a constant reminder of violence that has taken more than 60,000 lives to date.
    • He's a virtuoso of the narcocorrido genre, accordion-driven, blood-lusting ballads that lionize the exploits of Mexico's drug cartels.
    • These claims are referenced elsewhere in popular narcocorridos, or cartel folk songs, glamorizing the junior gangster.
    • It's a combination of Mexican electronica, narcocorridos, other traditional songs and Mexican ska.
    • On her classic narcocorrido, the singer tells of being the daughter of a drug kingpin, partying the nights away while learning to shoot and fight.
    • Music critics have also compared narcocorrido music to gangster rap.
    • The movie tells the story of the drug wars, contrasting the realities of the violence with the pop culture fantasy world of the narcocorridos.
    • A popular narcocorrido captured the life that so many here assumed he was living.
    • After he performed in Chihuahua City, his promoter was fined $8,000 for violating the city's ban on narcocorridos.

Origin

1990s: Spanish, from narco- + corrido.

 
 
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