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cor⋅ri⋅do

[kaw-ree-doh; Sp. kawr-ree-thaw]
–noun, plural -dos [-dohz; Sp. -thaws] .
a Mexican ballad or folksong about struggle against oppression and injustice.

Origin:
< MexSp, Sp; see corrida
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cor·ri·do   (kō-rē'dō)   
n.   pl. cor·ri·dos
A Mexican ballad or folksong.

[American Spanish, from Spanish, ballad, from past participle of correr, to run, from Old Spanish, from Latin currere; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]
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