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grit verb

  /ɡɹɪt/
  • Apparently only in grit one's teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger.
 apretar
  • (obsolete, intransitive) To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
 crujir

grit noun

  /ɡɹɪt/
  • (idiomatic) Strength of mind; courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
 agalla, temple
  • A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
 arenilla
  • A measure of the size of abrasive grains, such as those on sandpaper, and thus their relative coarseness or fineness; the smaller the number, the coarser the abrasive: thus, 60 is rough, 600 is fine, and 3000 is ultrafine.
 grano

grits noun

  /ɡɹɪts/
  • (Western Hemisphere) Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.
 chuchoca, cocho, farinetas, fariñas, gachas, gofio
  • ('hulled oats'); groats.
 gofio

grit noun

  /ɡɹɪt/
  • (usually, in the plural) Husked but unground oats.
 avena pelada, mote de avena
grit one's teeth
apretar los dientes, carraquear, castañear, castañetear, dentellar
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