espada
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espadas
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Or he renders her again in the preposterously unsuitable guise of an espada, a matador, posed in the bull ring: a transvestism, a play with notions of machismo, that insists on the artificiality of art.
From Time Magazine Archive
Captain Canedo, who is still alive, kills a! rejon —that is, he rides first as a picador, then dismounts and finishes his job as an espada.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus the first time Mauro ever appeared before a public assembly was a chief espada of a cuadrilla of his own, at Valladolid.
From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson
The nobility are represented in the old Spanish cards by the espada, or sword, corrupted by us into 'spades,'—by the French with piques, 'pikes or spears.'
From The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) by Andrew Steinmetz
This seemed to be the most graceful feat of the day, and one requiring nearly as much nerve as that of the "espada," whose arrival a final flourish of trumpets now announced.
From On the Equator by Harry De Windt
Both the Government and private individuals offer large prizes for skilful archers, who command almost as much admiration as do the famous espadas in the bull-fights of Spain.
From Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
These refuges were little used, however, except by the underlings, the capadores, or by capsized picadores; espadas and banderilleros disdained them.
From The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson
Twenty glittering, spangled espadas marched with elastic steps into the ring, followed by the yellow-trousered picadors on their sorry horses.
From The Car of Destiny by Armand Both
The only gitano espadas of note are Chicorro and El Gallo.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck
The most famous espadas are all Spaniards, and they all wear the traditional dress of their calling.
From Spanish Life in Town and Country by William Harbutt Dawson
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