corrida

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish corrida.

Noun

corrida (plural corridas)

1. (bullfighting) a bullfight
   • 2009 January 31, AL Kennedy, “Deaths in the afternoon”, in The Guardian‎:

     […] 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.

Translations

bullfight — see bullfight

Anagrams

• Ricardo

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish corrida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kuˈri.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈri.ða]

Noun

corrida f (plural corrides)

1. bullfight
   • 2016 October 6, Manuel Vilaseró, Ángeles Vázquez, “El Constitucional obre amb els toros un nou front amb Catalunya”, in El Periódico‎:

     […] prepara recursos davant tribunals internacionals i l'Ajuntament de Barcelona assegura que tots els estudis jurídics estan a punt per blindar la ciutat contra les corrides.

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Further reading

• “corrida” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “corrida”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish corrida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁi.da/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

corrida f (plural corridas)

1. (bullfighting) a bullfight

Further reading

• “corrida”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From correr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈriðɐ]

Noun

corrida f (plural corridas)

1. sprint, run, dash
2. (bullfighting) a bullfight

   Synonym: corrida de touros

   • 1750, anonymous author, Galanteo de mozo e moza:

     Agora si, que cai ben
     aquel conto do Boy manso,
     que nunha corrida de Touros,
     se ò pican, â ollos cerrados
     â hùs lles fura os calzòs,
     outros os pincha rodando,
     este quero, aquel non quero,
     esparcendolle os fargallos,
     hasta que queda à Praza
     espoada âô seu mandado:

     Now it sits well
     that tale of the docile ox,
     that in a bullfight,
     if they sting him, as with closed eyes,
     he bores the pants of some,
     others he takes down rolling,
     this one I want, that I don't,
     scattering their rags,
     till the plaza is left
     sieved [dusted?] at his command

3. (geology) landslide
4. swell (a long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased; as perceived from the shore)

   Synonyms: imada, vaga

5. (vulgar slang) orgasm; cumshot, cum

Participle

corrida f sg

1. feminine singular of corrido

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “corrida”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “corrida”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “corrida”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “corrida”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish corrida (de toros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /korˈri.da/
• Rhymes: -ida
• Hyphenation: cor‧rì‧da

Noun

corrida f (plural corride)

1. (bullfighting) a bullfight

Further reading

• corrida in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• corrida in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• corrida in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• corrida in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• corrida in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• corrida in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• corrida in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Corradi, ricadrò, ricorda

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish corrida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔrˈri.da/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: cor‧ri‧da

Noun

corrida f

1. alternative spelling of korrida

Declension

Declension of corrida

	singular	plural
nominative	corrida	corridy
genitive	corridy	corrid
dative	corridzie	corridom
accusative	corridę	corridy
instrumental	corridą	corridami
locative	corridzie	corridach
vocative	corrido	corridy

Further reading

• corrida in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• corrida in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From correr (“to run”), from Old Galician-Portuguese correr, from Latin currō (“to run”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁi.dɐ/ [koˈhi.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁi.dɐ/ [koˈhi.dɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˈʁi.dɐ/ [koˈχi.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈʁi.da/ [koˈhi.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁi.dɐ/ [kuˈʁi.ðɐ]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: cor‧ri‧da

Noun

corrida f (plural corridas)

1. run (the act of running)
2. (sports) race (an attempt to reach some goal before others)
3. a ride on a taxi or other private car

Related terms

• corredor
• corredouro
• correr
• correria
• corrido

Participle

corrida f sg

1. feminine singular of corrido

Further reading

• “corrida”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “corrida”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “corrida” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “corrida”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “corrida”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “corrida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Noun

corrida f (plural corride)

1. obsolete form of coridă

Declension

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References

• corrida in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

corrida

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From correr +‎ -ida. Compare Sicilian curruta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈrida/ [koˈri.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: co‧rri‧da

Noun

corrida f (plural corridas)

1. sprint, run, dash
2. (bullfighting) a bullfight

   Synonym: lidia

3. (geology) outcrop

   Synonym: afloramiento

4. (vulgar slang) orgasm

   Synonym: orgasmo

5. (vulgar slang, Spain) cumshot (pornography), cum

   Synonyms: (Spain) lefa, (Latin America) acabada

Derived terms

• corrida de toros
• corrida del tiempo
• en una corrida

Adjective

corrida f sg

1. feminine singular of corrido

Participle

corrida f sg

1. feminine singular of corrido

Further reading

• “corrida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024