Meaning & use
corrida
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Meaning
nouncountablespecialist
A Spanish-style bullfight, in which a matador faces a bull in an arena before a crowd.
Grammar: A borrowed Spanish word, often short for corrida de toros; it takes a regular plural.
Patterns
- attend a corrida
- a corrida in Seville
Tourists in Madrid sometimes buy tickets to a corrida to see the spectacle.
The old poster advertised a corrida on the feast day.
Many people now protest against the corrida on animal welfare grounds.
Word forms
| plural | corridas |
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Common combinations
- attend a corrida
- They decided not to attend a corrida during the trip.
- corrida de toros
- The full name is corrida de toros, meaning running of the bulls.
- a traditional corrida
- A traditional corrida begins with a parade of the bullfighters.
- the corrida season
- The corrida season runs through the spring and summer.
Synonyms and how they differ
- bullfight
- Bullfight is the ordinary English word, while corrida is used when you want the Spanish term or flavor.
- tauromachy
- Tauromachy is a formal, literary word for the art of bullfighting as a whole, not one event.
Word family
Commonly confused: corrida or corridor?
corrida vs corridor
A corridor is a passage inside a building. It sounds slightly similar but has nothing to do with bullfighting.
Practice
Which word is the Spanish term for a bullfight?
Choose one answer.
Corrida (de toros) names the bullfight. A fiesta is a festival, and a siesta is an afternoon rest.
Make it your own
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