banderilla

English

A bullfighter with two banderillas.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish banderilla, from Spanish bandera (“banner”) + -illa (“diminutive suffix”)

Pronunciation

(US) enPR: băn'-də-rēʹ-ə, IPA^(key): /ˌbæn.də.ˈɹiː.jə/

Noun

banderilla (plural banderillas)

(bullfighting) A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to stick into the bulls' shoulders.

Derived terms

banderillero

Translations

decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting

Catalan: banderilla f
French: banderille (fr) f
Galician: banderilla f

Portuguese: bandarilha f
Spanish: banderilla f

Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish banderilla.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /bən.dəˈɾi.ʎə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ban.deˈɾi.ʎa/

Noun

banderilla f (plural banderilles)

banderilla

Derived terms

banderiller

Further reading

“banderilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Noun

banderilla

banderilla

Derived terms

banderilleiro

Spanish

Etymology

From bandera +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /bandeˈɾiʎa/, [bãn̪d̪eˈɾiʎa]

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /bandeˈɾiɟ͡ʝa/, [bãn̪d̪eˈɾiʝa]

Noun

banderilla f (plural banderillas)

banderilla (decorated barbed stick)

Derived terms

Further reading

“banderilla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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