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CORRIDA
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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)