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tercio

tercio noun: any of the three stages of a bullfight: the vara, the banderilla and finally the death.

Noun

tercio (plural tercios)

  1. Any of the three stages of a bullfight: the vara, the banderilla and finally the death.
  2. A mutually supportive infantry formation made up of pikemen, swordsmen and arquebusiers or musketeers.

Forms of tercio

pluraltercios

Origin of tercio

Borrowed from Spanish tercio.

Questions about tercio

What does tercio mean?
Tercio means any of the three stages of a bullfight: the vara, the banderilla and finally the death.
What part of speech is tercio?
Tercio is a noun.
What is the plural of tercio?
The plural of tercio is tercios.

Words near tercio in the dictionary

  1. tercian
  2. tercians
  3. tercile
  4. terciles
  5. tercine
  6. tercio
  7. tercios
  8. terconazole
  9. terdiurnal
  10. Tere Asar
  11. terebate

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