encierro
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish encierro (literally “enclosure”), from encerrar (“to lock up”).
Pronunciation
Noun
encierro (plural encierros)
- (bullfighting) A bull run, usually one held in Spain.
- Synonyms: bull run, running of the bulls
Anagrams
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enˈθjero/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enˈsjero/
- Rhymes: -ero
- Syllabification: en‧cie‧rro
Etymology 1
Deverbal from encerrar (“to lock up”).
Noun
encierro m (plural encierros)
- confinement, enclosure
- reclusion
- prison
- sit-in (protest)
- (bullfighting) bull run, encierro
- Antonym: desencierro
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Etymology 2
Verb
encierro
Further reading
- “encierro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10