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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 spectatorsplay

  Familiarity information: CORRIDA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CORRIDA (noun)


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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