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banderillear

Spanish, verb/bandeɾiʝeˈaɾ/

banderillear is a Spanish verb meaning “to stick banderillas in the bull” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does banderillear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to stick banderillas in the bull

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of banderillear

  • banderilleo first-person present singular
  • banderilleé first-person preterite singular
  • banderilleado participle past
  • banderilleando gerund
  • banderilleada feminine participle past
  • banderilleados masculine participle past
  • banderilleadas feminine participle past
  • banderilleas indicative informal present
  • banderilleás indicative informal present
  • banderillea indicative present singular
  • banderilleamos first-person indicative plural
  • banderilleáis indicative plural present
  • banderillean indicative plural present
  • banderilleaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • banderilleabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • banderilleábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • banderilleabais imperfect indicative plural
  • banderilleaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce banderillear?

  • /bandeɾiʝeˈaɾ/
  • [bãn̪.d̪e.ɾi.ʝeˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.