encierro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish encierro (literally “enclosure”), from encerrar (“to lock up”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɛnsɪˈɛəɹəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛnsiˈɛɹoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹəʊ
• Hyphenation: en‧ci‧er‧ro

Noun

encierro (plural encierros)

1. (bullfighting) A bull run, usually one held in Spain.

   Synonyms: bull run, running of the bulls

Anagrams

• recoiner

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /enˈθjero/ [ẽn̟ˈθje.ro]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enˈsjero/ [ẽnˈsje.ro]
• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: en‧cie‧rro

Etymology 1

Deverbal from encerrar (“to lock up”).

Noun

encierro m (plural encierros)

1. confinement, enclosure
2. reclusion
3. prison
4. sit-in (protest)
5. (bullfighting) bull run, encierro

   Antonym: desencierro

Coordinate terms

• toril

Derived terms

• desencierro

 

Etymology 2

Verb

encierro

1. first-person singular present indicative of encerrar

Further reading

• “encierro”, 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