CORRIDA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (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

Synonyms:

bullfight; corrida

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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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