cua|dril|la

cua|dril|la: cua|dril|la «kwah DREEL yah, -DREE yah», noun, plural -las.

Spanish. the group of persons who assist the bullfighter in the arena: »But he couldn't stay away from the bulls,…so he joined Pacote's cuadrilla as a banderillero (Barnaby Conrad).

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cuadrilla — cua•dril•la [[t]kwɑˈdri yə, ˈdril yə[/t]] n. pl. las spo the assistants of a matador • Etymology: 1835–45; < Sp: group, gang (orig. one of four groups), dim. of cuadra < L quadra side of a square … From formal English to slang
Cuadrilla — Cua|dril|la* [kŭa drilja] die; , s <aus gleichbed. span. cuadrilla, eigtl. »Haufen, Trupp; Stierfechtermannschaft, Trupp von 4 Reitern«, vgl. ↑Quadrille> Einzug der Stierkämpfer in die Arena … Das große Fremdwörterbuch

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