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Spanish
Etymology
From banderilla + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /bandeɾiʝeˈaɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /bandeɾiʎeˈaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /bandeɾiʃeˈaɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /bandeɾiʒeˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ban‧de‧ri‧lle‧ar
Verb
banderillear (first-person singular present banderilleo, first-person singular preterite banderilleé, past participle banderilleado)
- (bullfighting, transitive) to stick banderillas in the bull
2015 October 14, “La afición de Zaragoza se entrega a un agradecido, efectista y desigual Padilla”, in El País:El Fandi brilló solo en los primeros tercios de la lidia de los dos de su lote, sobre todo al banderillear con espectacularidad a su primero, que sacó genio defensivo hasta que decidió echarse por su cuenta sobre la arena.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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