corrida
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cor·ri·da
(kō-rē′də, -dä)n.
A bullfight, especially a program in which six bulls aged at least four years old are engaged.
[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
(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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cor•ri•da
(Sp. kɔrˈri ðɑ)n., pl. -das (Sp. -täs).
a bullfight.
[1895–1900; < Sp, short for corrida de toros literally, running of bulls; corrida, n. use of feminine of corrido, past participle of correr < Latin currere to run]
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| Noun | 1. |  corrida - a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectatorsnovillada - a bullfight in which the bulls are less than four years old spectacle - an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale |
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