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
Noun
encierro (plural encierros)
- (bullfighting) A bull run, usually one held in Spain.
- Synonyms: bull run, running of the bulls
Anagrams
- recoiner
Spanish
Etymology
From encerrar (“to lock up”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enˈθjero/ [ẽn̟ˈθje.ro]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /enˈsjero/ [ẽnˈsje.ro]
- Rhymes: -ero
- Syllabification: en‧cie‧rro
Noun
encierro m (plural encierros)
- confinement, enclosure
- reclusion
- prison
- sit-in (protest)
- (bullfighting) bull run, encierro
- Antonym: desencierro
Coordinate terms
- toril
Derived terms
- desencierro
Verb
encierro
- first-person singular present indicative of encerrar
Further reading
- “encierro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014