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‖ plaza de toros|ˈplaθa, ˈplaza de ˈtoros|
[Sp.: see plaza.]
In a Spanish-speaking country: a bull-ring. Also fig.
1846R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxi. 296 All the world crowds to the Plaza de toros. 1910Encycl. Brit. IV. 789/2 Before the introduction of railways there were comparatively few bull-rings (plazas de toros) in Spain... At the present day nearly every larger town and city in Spain has its plaza de toros. 1922J. Hergesheimer Bright Shawl (1923) 70 At the Plaza de Toros..she was seated on an upper tier..over the entrance for the bulls. 1934A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 285 A temporary Plaza de Toros had been built..a circular fence with a precarious grandstand on the shadier side. 1965C. D. Eby Siege of Alcázar iii. 58 Toledo was converted into a noisy plaza de toros, but the matador was never in danger of being gored by his victim. 1973Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 25 Sept. 29/1, I remember clearly the first bullfight I ever saw, in Barcelona... The plaza de toros was packed. |