cornada

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kurˈna.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [korˈna.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɾˈna.ða]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [korˈna.ða]

Participle

cornada f sg

1. feminine singular of cornat

Etymology 2

From corn +‎ -ada.

Noun

cornada f (plural cornades)

1. goring (a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting)

   Synonym: banyada

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician corno

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Old Galician-Portuguese -ada

Galician -ada

Galician cornada

From corno + -ada.

Noun

cornada f (plural cornadas)

1. goring (a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin cornuslbor.

Portuguese corno

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Old Galician-Portuguese -ada

Portuguese -ada

Portuguese cornada

From corno + -ada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈna.dɐ/ [koɦˈna.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koʁˈna.dɐ/ [koɦˈna.dɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koɾˈna.dɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʁˈna.dɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /koɻˈna.dɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈna.dɐ/ [kuɾˈna.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈna.dɐ/ [kuɾˈna.ðɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈna.dɐ/

Noun

cornada f (plural cornadas)

1. goring (a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting)

   Synonyms: chifrada, marrada

Further reading

• “cornada”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cornada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *kornū

Latin cornū

Old Spanish cuerno

Spanish cuerno

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātus

Latin -āta

Spanish -ada

Spanish cornada

From cuerno (“horn”) + -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈnada/ [koɾˈna.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: cor‧na‧da

Noun

cornada f (plural cornadas)

1. goring (a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting)
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 226:

     Cuando las cabras […] retozan exageradamente y se dan de cornadas

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2015 July 11, “Vídeo: Quinto encierro de San Fermín sin precedentes: un toro vuelve a los corrales”, in El País‎^[1], Madrid: Ediciones El País, S.L., →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 November 2025:

     Se han registrado cuatro cornadas, una en la Cuesta de Santo Domingo, otra en la plaza consistorial y dos más, las más fuertes, en la bajada desde el edificio de Telefónica hasta la plaza de toros.

     Four gorings have been recorded, one on the Cuesta de Santo Domingo, another in the town hall and two more, the strongest, on the descent from the Telefónica building to the bullring.

Derived terms

• más cornadas da el hambre

Further reading

• “cornada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026