Recent Examples on the WebThe one corrida Manolete went to as a child didn’t excite him in the least, and when kids at school pretended to be bulls and matadors, play-fighting with one another, Manolete kept to himself.New York Times, 3 May 2022 Sunday’s corrida honored the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the anniversary of the day in 1531 when the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to a young indigenous Mexican man.Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021 Before the corrida — or bullfight — was over, one of those activists would leap into the ring to scream his defense of the animals.Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2021
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Spanish, short for corrida de toros, literally, "running of the bulls"; corrida "act of running," noun derivative from feminine past participle of correr "to run," going back to Latin currere — more at current entry 1