banderilla

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English

A bullfighter with two banderillas.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish banderilla, from bandera (“banner”) + -illa (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: băn'-də-rēʹ-ə, IPA(key): /ˌbæn.dəˈɹiː.jə/

Noun

banderilla (plural banderillas)

  1. (bullfighting) A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to stick into the bulls' shoulders.

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish banderilla.

Pronunciation

Noun

banderilla f (plural banderilles)

  1. banderilla

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Noun

banderilla f (plural banderillas)

  1. banderilla

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From bandera +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /bandeˈɾiʝa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /bandeˈɾiʎa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bandeˈɾiʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bandeˈɾiʒa/

 

  • Syllabification: ban‧de‧ri‧lla

Noun

banderilla f (plural banderillas)

  1. banderilla (decorated barbed stick)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: banderilla
  • → Catalan: banderilla
  • → Polish: banderilla

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