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
The slimy pools in the arena are promptly strewn with sand, and the fresh bull is ushered into the lists, either against the same quadrille, or against another espada with his special troop of assistants.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by John Augustus O'Shea
Leoncito the second espada then came forward, and was hailed with joyful acclamations by his partisans, especially the manolas, for he was a young, light-made, dapper man.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
The bull-fighters themselves are of four grades: the espada or matador, the picadores, chulos, and banderilleros.
From On the Equator by Harry De Windt
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
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
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
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
The processional entry, too, of the whole of the performers—picadors, capeodors, espadas, &c. &c.—is very picturesque and stately.
From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Mrs. Russell Barrington
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