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Definition of Corrida
1. Noun. A Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators.
Definition of Corrida
1. Noun. A bullfight ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corrida
1. a bullfight [n -S] - See also: bullfight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corrida
Literary usage of Corrida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Landscapes of Madeira: A Countryside Guide by John Underwood, Pat Underwood (2002)
"Follow the main walk to Boca do Cerro; then return to Boca da corrida and walk down
... At the pass of Boca da corrida there is a forestry house, a shrine, ..."
2. The Cities of Spain by Edward Hutton (1906)
"XVI LA corrida DE TOROS IF there is one thing in Spain which the traveller has
fully decided beforehand is intolerable and degrading, it is the bull-fight, ..."
3. A Year in Spain by Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1831)
"corrida de Novillos. THE period of the Constitution was, in Madrid, a season of
jubilee. The public mind, so long shackled by despotism, and held in check ..."
4. The Land of the Blessed Virgin: Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia by William Somerset Maugham (1920)
"... the day before a bull-fight all the corrida de world goes down to Tablada to
see Toros—I the bulls. Youth and beauty drive, for every one in Seville of ..."
5. Letters from the Havana: During the Year 1820; Containing an Account of the by Robert Francis Jameson (1821)
"Description of a Volants corrida d» Torot, or Bull-fight. The Alameda. Females of
the Havana. The Theatre. Havana play-bill. Critique on tint Spanish drama. ..."
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