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Cuadrilla is a Spanish word for a small group of people.
Specifically it can mean:
- a group of friends. In Basque culture, the cuadrilla continues from youth to maturity. Mostly males, they go out for pub crawls (chiquiteo).
The first cuadrilla of Saint Isidore the Laborer, from Lima, Peru.- a company of people participating in a Spanish festival.
- one of the four divisions of the Mesta sheep owners council.
- an armed party of the Santa Hermandad.
- the bullfighting team of a matador and his banderilleros and picadors.
- a territorial division of Álava.
File:La Cuadrilla.jpgLa Cuadrilla.- La Cuadrilla is a group of Spanish cinema directors.
- Cuadrilla Resources, A british drilling company
See also
References
- cuadrilla in the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española.
Categories:- Spanish loanwords
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