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volapié

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
volapie
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mortal thrust to the bull. The bullfighter runs towards the stationary bull, facing it head-on, jumps on top of it and thrusts the estocada into the bull's back.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish volapié.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

volapiés (plural)

Questions

What does volapié mean?
A mortal thrust to the bull. The bullfighter runs towards the stationary bull, facing it head-on, jumps on top of it and thrusts the estocada into the bull's back.
Where does volapié come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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