torear
Spanish, verb/toɾeˈaɾ/
torear is spelled T-O-R-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 48,253rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Torear is a Spanish verb meaning “to fight a bull” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does torear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fight a bull
- 2
to send the bulls to the cows
- 3
to yap (of a dog)
- 4
to banter, to tease
- 5
to prepare a chili pepper using fire
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of torear
- toreo first-person present singular
- toreé first-person preterite singular
- toreado participle past
- toreando gerund
- toreada feminine participle past
- toreados masculine participle past
- toreadas feminine participle past
- toreas indicative informal present
- toreás indicative informal present
- torea indicative present singular
- toreamos first-person indicative plural
- toreáis indicative plural present
- torean indicative plural present
- toreaba first-person imperfect indicative
- toreabas imperfect indicative second-person
- toreábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- toreabais imperfect indicative plural
- toreaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce torear?
- /toɾeˈaɾ/
- [t̪o.ɾeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is torear in Spanish?
torear appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).