Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corrida

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: cor-ri-da
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"[…]El Juli, a young and already much-admired torero, takes risk after risk until he is gored, drops to the sand and is helped up by Enrique Ponce Martinez - Spain 's leading matador and his partner for the afternoon's corrida."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currō Old Spanish correr Spanish correr Spanish -ida Spanish corridabor. English corrida Borrowed from Spanish corrida.

Inflected Forms

corridas (plural)

Synonyms

bullfight

Questions

What does corrida mean?: a bullfight
Where does corrida come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currō Old Spanish correr Spanish correr Spanish -ida Spanish corridabor. English corrida Borrowed from Spanish corrida.

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