Meaning
- to deal with, to handle
- to fight, to struggle
- to bullfight
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/liˈda(ʁ)/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese lidar, lidear, from Latin lītigāre (“to dispute”). Compare Spanish lidiar and Italian litigare (“to quarrel”). Doublet of litigar, which was a borrowing.
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