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tercio

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  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.

Equivalents

Françaistercio
1 more languages
Galegoterzo

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

terconazole terebate terebellid terebene terebenthene terebic acid

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