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torero

[ tuh-rair-oh; Spanish taw-re-raw ]

noun

plural toreros
  1. a bullfighter, especially a matador.


torero

/ ³Ùɒˈ°ùɛə°ùəʊ /

noun

  1. a bullfighter, esp one who fights on foot
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of torero1

1720–30; < Spanish, equivalent to tor ( o ) bull (< Latin taurus ) + -ero < Latin -Äå°ù¾±³Ü²õ -ary
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of torero1

C18: from Spanish, from Late Latin ³Ù²¹³Ü°ùÄå°ù¾±³Ü²õ, from Latin taurus a bull
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Each morning, six bulls charge toward thousands of brave runners along a half-mile stretch of street to the city’s bullring, where later in the day the animals are killed by professional bullfighters, or toreros.

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When he announced that he intended to fight bulls, one shot back: “You? You want to be a torero? With a thin and miserable face like that?â€

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But teacher Miguel Rodríguez, a former torero, said his school has adapted like the rest of society to the pandemic era.

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"Pretty well, sometimes. But I must not let anybody know. It would be very bad, a torero who speaks English."

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Boys do most of the exercises in pairs – one of them plays the role of torero and the other the role of the bull.

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