torero
Americannoun
plural
torerosnoun
Etymology
Origin of torero
1720–30; < Spanish, equivalent to tor ( o ) bull (< Latin taurus ) + -ero < Latin -ārius -ary
Example Sentences
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When he announced that he intended to fight bulls, one shot back: “You? You want to be a torero? With a thin and miserable face like that?”
From New York Times • May 3, 2022
Una historia basada en hechos reales sobre la vida y carrera del famoso cantante español y ex torero, Julio Iglesias.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2019
In technical terms Rivera has never been a first-class torero, but this isn’t a necessary or sufficient condition for success.
From The Guardian • Oct. 24, 2015
Eric Fehrnstrom wields Twitter like a torero wields a red flag.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2012
"Pretty well, sometimes. But I must not let anybody know. It would be very bad, a torero who speaks English."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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