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puntillero

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[poon-tee-air-oh, poon-tee-lye-raw, -ye-] / ˌpun tiˈɛər oʊ, ˌpun tiˈlyɛ rɔ, -ˈyɛ- /

noun

(in bullfighting) a worker, or assistant, who gives the coup de grâce to the fallen bull with a puntilla.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

puntilleros

plural

Etymology

Origin of puntillero

1905–10; < Spanish, equivalent to puntill ( a ) puntilla + -ero < Latin -ārius -ary

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