capotazo
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /kapoˈtaθo/ [ka.poˈt̪a.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kapoˈtaso/ [ka.poˈt̪a.so]
- Rhymes: -aθo
- Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: ca‧po‧ta‧zo
Noun
editcapotazo m (plural capotazos)
- (bullfighting) a movement made with the cape to distract or stop the bull
- 2015 July 6, “Roca Rey huele a figura”, in El País[1]:
- No importó la sosería de su primero ni la invalidez del último, porque ante ambos asentó el debutante las zapatillas, se dejó rozar los pitones por los muslos y trazó capotazos y muletazos de mucho mérito.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
edit- “capotazo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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