volapié

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish volapié.

Noun

volapié (plural volapiés)

(bullfighting) A mortal thrust to the bull. The bullfighter runs towards the stationary bull, facing it head-on, jumps on top of it and thrusts the estocada into the bull's back.

Italian

Noun

volapié m (invariable)

volapié

Anagrams

volpaie

Spanish

Noun

volapié m (plural volapiés)

(bullfighting) volapié

Further reading

“volapié”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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