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cuadrilla
[ kwah-dree-yuh, -dreel-yuh; Spanish kwah-three-lyah, -three-yah ]
noun
, plural cua·dril·las [kwah-, dree, -y, uh, z, -, dreel, -y, uh, z, kwah-, three, -lyahs, -, three, -yahs].
- the group of assistants serving a matador in a bullfight, consisting of three banderilleros and two picadors.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cuadrilla1
1835–45; < Spanish: group, gang (originally one of four groups), diminutive of cuadra < Latin quadra side of a square
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Example Sentences
Immediately a bull-fight is arranged for the sufferers, and the whole cuadrilla will give their earnings to the cause.
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Help them, Senor Carson; help them, and my cuadrilla and I will be yours to command!
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I am only a peon of your cuadrilla; you are the great matador.
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We have found the American, the great Morales, and his whole cuadrilla.
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Within, what remained of his cuadrilla were watching and nursing the sick.
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