corrida (redirected from corridas)

cor·ri·da  (k-rd, -dä)

n.

A bullfight, especially a program in which six bulls aged at least four years old are engaged.

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[Spanish corrida (de toros), running (of the bulls), bullfight, from past participle of correr, to run, from Latin currere; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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corrida [koˈrriða]

n

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Bullfighting) the Spanish word for bullfight

[Spanish, from the phrase corrida de toros, literally: a running of bulls, from correr to run, from Latin currere]

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Noun

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corrida - a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators bullfight novillada - a bullfight in which the bulls are less than four years old spectacle - an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale