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lucha libre

lucha libre noun: a style of professional wrestling originating in Mexico, often featuring costumed fighters.

lucha libre: a style of professional wrestling originating in Mexico, often featuring costumed fighters
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Noun

lucha libre (uncountable)

  1. A style of professional wrestling originating in Mexico, often featuring costumed fighters.
    • What exactly is Lucha Libre? Some liken it to professional wrestling in the United States. Indeed, Lucha Libre does share some similarities with America’s World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).2009, Laura Barberena, “Lucha Libre”, in Barry Brummett, editor, Sporting Rhetoric: Performance, Games, and Politics, page 157
    • My mother has the exact same opinion as Lalo, an opinion she’s already made abundantly clear to me. She is NOT a fan of lucha libre. She calls it a barbaric and ridiculous sport.2011, Xavier Garza, Maximilian & the Mystery of the Guardian Angel, →ISBN, page 22

Origin of lucha libre

Borrowed from Spanish lucha libre.

Questions about lucha libre

What does lucha libre mean?
Lucha libre means a style of professional wrestling originating in Mexico, often featuring costumed fighters.
What part of speech is lucha libre?
Lucha libre is a noun.

Words near lucha libre in the dictionary

  1. lucets
  2. Lucetta
  3. Lucey
  4. Lucey-Driscoll syndrome
  5. Luceys
  6. lucha libre
  7. luchador
  8. luchadores
  9. luchadors
  10. Lucheng
  11. luchi

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