narcocorrido

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noun

A genre of Mexican music based on the polka, depicting drug smugglers, cartels, and other criminal activities.

OriginSpanish narcocorrido →
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Meanings

nounnarcocorrido (countable and uncountable, plural narcocorridos)

plural narcocorridos

  1. countableuncountableentertainmentA genre of Mexican music based on the polka, depicting drug smugglers, cartels, and other criminal activities.
  2. countableentertainmentAny song in this genre.

    They were nonjudgmental first-person stories, including the notorious narcocorrido “Pacas de a Kilo,” (“One-Kilo Packets”) told from the point of view of a proud marijuana grower.

    2007 February 19, Ben Ratliff, “Singing Stories From Lives Lived Far Away From Home”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Spanishnarcocorrido
  2. Englishnarcocorrido

From Spanish narcocorrido, from narco- (“drug”) + corrido (“ballad”).

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APA

narcocorrido. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narcocorrido

MLA

“narcocorrido.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narcocorrido. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “narcocorrido,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narcocorrido.

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