first-row bullfight seats
1barrera — /beuh rair euh/; Sp. /bahrdd rdde rddah/, n., pl. barreras / rair euhz/; Sp. / rdde rddahs/. 1. the wall, usually a red wooden fence, bordering a bullring. 2. the first row of seats in a bullfight arena. [1920 25; < Sp: barrier, equiv. to barr(a) …
2barrera — [bä rā′rä] n. [Sp < barra, a bar < ML, BAR1] 1. the protecting wall enclosing the floor of a bull ring at bullfights 2. [pl.] the first row of seats in a bullfight arena …
3bullfighting — See bullfighter. * * * Spanish corrida de toros Spectacle, popular in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America, in which matadors ceremonially taunt, and usually kill, bulls in an arena. Spectacles with bulls were common in ancient Crete, Thessaly, and …