encierro
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish encierro (literally “enclosure”), from encerrar (“to lock up”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
encierro (plural encierros)
- (bullfighting) A bull run, usually one held in Spain.
- Synonyms: bull run, running of the bulls
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Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enˈθjero/ [ẽn̟ˈθje.ro]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /enˈsjero/ [ẽnˈsje.ro]
- Rhymes: -ero
- Syllabification: en‧cie‧rro
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from encerrar (“to lock up”).
Noun edit
encierro m (plural encierros)
- confinement, enclosure
- reclusion
- prison
- sit-in (protest)
- (bullfighting) bull run, encierro
- Antonym: desencierro
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
encierro
Further reading edit
- “encierro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014