suerten.
/ˈswɛːteɪ/, /sʊˈɛːteɪ/, U.S. /ˈswɛrˌteɪ/ Bullfighting.
An action or pass performed by a bullfighter; (also) each of the three stages of a bullfight (= tercio n. 2a).
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suerte1838
lidia1893
faena1927
moment of truth1932
tercio1932
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > bullfighting or bullfight > [noun] > actions of bullfighter
pass1835
recibir1838
suerte1838
volapié1838
larga1902
recibiendo1902
recorte1909
estocada1910
quite1924
natural1925
piccing1925
cape-work1926
pic1926
Veronica1926
veronique1931
banderilling1932
farol1932
mariposa1932
media vuelta1932
molinete1932
lidia1952
manoletina1952
revolera1952
orteguina1957
rejoneo1961
1838 Q. Rev. Oct. 418 ‘Suertes’ or manners of killing the bull.
1893 A. Chapman & W. B. 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.
1932 R. Campbell Taurine Provence 61 The estocada is the climax, to hasten..which, all the other suertes (actions, passes, and feats) must be devoted.
1967 J. McCormick & M. S. Mascareñas Compl. Aficionado i. 24 ‘The suerte of the varas’ means the picador's work.
2012 G. A. Robinson Bullfighting & Bull Taming (Ph.D. diss., Univ. Chicago) iv. 210 Matadors who take pride in working so closely to the bull in the final suerte that its withers graze his belly and stain his suit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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