correfoc

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noun

Any of several forms of parade-like celebrations in Catalonia involving pyrotechnics in the middle of a crowd.

OriginCatalan correfoc →
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Meanings

nouncorrefoc (plural correfocs)

plural correfocs

  1. Any of several forms of parade-like celebrations in Catalonia involving pyrotechnics in the middle of a crowd.

    The correfoc (‘fire run’) is a frenzy of pyromania. Groups of horned devils dance through the streets, brandishing tridents that spout fireworks and generally flouting every safety rule in the book.

    2013, Time Out Barcelona, 15th edition, Ebury Publishing, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Catalancorrefoc
  2. Englishcorrefoc

Borrowed from Catalan correfoc (literally “run [through] fire”).

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APA

correfoc. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correfoc

MLA

“correfoc.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correfoc. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “correfoc,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/correfoc.

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