Etymology

banderilla

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Today it means: A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to stick into the bulls' shoulders. Full definition →

Spanish banderilla
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  1. Spanish · borrowed frombanderilla
  2. English todaybanderilla

Borrowed from Spanish banderilla, from bandera (“banner”) + -illa (“diminutive suffix”).

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