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‖ suerte|ˈswerte, suːˈɛəteɪ|
[Sp., lit. ‘chance, fate, luck’: cf. sort n.1]
An action or pass performed in bull-fighting; one of the three stages of a bull-fight; = tercio, tertio 2 a.
1838Q. Rev. LXI. 418 ‘Suertes’ or manners of killing the bull. 1893Chapman & Buck Wild Spain v. 58 It is in this phase of the fight that we trace the origin of several of the suertes which are practised in the modern Corrida de Toros. 1910Encycl. Brit. IV. 790 The fight is divided into three divisions (suertes). Ibid., Then begins the suerte de picar, or division of lancing. 1932R. Campbell Taurine Provence 61 The estocada is the climax, to hasten..which, all the other suertes (actions, passes, and feats) must be devoted. 1957A. MacNab Bulls of Iberia v. 53 The banderilla act is a ‘decorative’ suerte rather than one of ‘punishment’. 1967McCormick & Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado i. 24 ‘The suerte of the varas’ means the picador's work. |