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corrida

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cor⋅ri⋅da

  [kaw-ree-duh; Sp. kawr-ree-thah]
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–noun, plural -das  [-duhz; Sp. -thahs] .
a bullfight.
Origin:
1895–1900; < Sp, short for corrida de toros lit., course, running of bulls; corrida, fem. of corrido, ptp. of correr < L currere to run
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cor·ri·da   (kō-rē'də, -dä)   
n.  A bullfight, especially a program in which six bulls aged at least four years old are engaged.

[Spanish corrida (de toros), running (of the bulls), bullfight, from past participle of correr, to run, from Latin currere; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]
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