cornada

noun

cor·​na·​da

kȯrˈnädə,

or as Sp

plural -s

: a wound inflicted by a bull's horn in formal bullfighting

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from corn- (from cuerno horn, from Latin cornu) + -ada (from Latin -ata)

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