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cuadrilla
n. (context bullfighting English) The team which supports the matador.
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Cuadrilla
Cuadrilla may refer to:
- a group of friends in Basque culture
- a company of people participating in a Spanish festival
- one of the four divisions of the Mesta sheep owners council
- an armed party of the Santa Hermandad
- the bullfighting team of a matador and his banderilleros and picadors
- a territorial division of Álava
- La Cuadrilla, a group of Spanish cinema directors
- Cuadrilla Resources, a British drilling and fracking company
Usage examples of "cuadrilla".
The youths of the cuadrillas were behind, their heavy capes furled over their arms.
Two of the cuadrilla were back of him, with their capes ready to flop over the fence to distract the bull.