volapié
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish volapié.
Noun
volapié (plural volapiés)
- (bullfighting) A mortal thrust to the bull. The bullfighter runs towards the stationary bull, facing it head-on, jumps on top of it and thrusts the estocada into the bull's back.
Italian
Noun
volapié m (invariable)
- volapié
Anagrams
- volpaie
Spanish
Noun
volapié m (plural volapiés)
- (bullfighting) volapié
Further reading
- “volapié”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014