novillo

noun

no·​vi·​llo

nōˈvē(ˌ)(y)ō

plural -s

: a bull used in a novillada

sell me like a novillo to the butcher

—Budd Schulberg

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, young bull, from Latin novellus new

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