English

Noun

narcocorrido ‎(countable and uncountable, plural narcocorridos)

1. (music) A genre of Mexican music based on the polka, depicting drug smugglers, cartels, and other criminal activities.
2. (music) Any song in this genre.
   • 2007 February 19, Ben Ratliff, “Singing Stories From Lives Lived Far Away From Home”, in New York Times:

     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.

Spanish

Etymology

From narco- ‎(“drug trafficking”) +‎ corrido ‎(“folk song”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naɾ.ko.koˈri.ðo]

Noun

narcocorrido m ‎(plural narcocorridos)

1. (Mexico, music) narcocorrido