desorejar
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From des- + oreja (“ear”) + -ar.
Verb
[edit]desorejar (first-person singular present desorejo, first-person singular preterite desorejé, past participle desorejado)
- (bullfighting) to cut off the ears
- 2015 September 27, “Triunfo de El Fandi en Pozoblanco en el XXXI aniversario de Paquirri”, in El País[1]:
- El novillero Juan Miguel paseó cuatro orejas y un rabo, y salió a hombros con Alejandro Fermín, que desorejó al sexto novillo de un gran encierro de Ignacio López Chaves; uno de los ejemplares fue premiado con la vuelta al ruedo.
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Usage notes
[edit]- In Spanish-style bullfighting, the ears (as well as the tail) are often cut off and awarded to a particularly talented bullfighter after a fight.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of desorejar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
[edit]- “desorejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10