Querencia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kɛˈɹɛnsɪə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Querencia is a noun meaning (bullfighting) The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand.
Meaning
(bullfighting) The area of the bull-ring where the bull makes its stand.
More Meanings
- (New Mexico) homesickness, nostalgia
Example Sentences
The wolf paced and circled limping on three legs and then crouched by the iron stake where it seemed she’d made her querencia.
“We’ve lived there so long because of our querencia,” said Ms. Garcia, a term she defined as “a cultural longing, a pull, that keeps us there.”
Once hit, a rebel unit must be hit again, and remain hit; the army must penetrate the querencia where – like a fighting bull – it was at home, and stay there, driving it out into unknown and unfriendly territory.
Word Forms
- querencias
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tendido, bullring, encierro, tercio, capea, bullfight.
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