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CORRIDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does corrida mean?
• CORRIDA (noun)
The noun CORRIDA has 1 sense:
1. a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators
Familiarity information: CORRIDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bullfight; corrida
Hypernyms ("corrida" is a kind of...):
spectacle (an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "corrida"):
novillada (a bullfight in which the bulls are less than four years old)
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