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PRONUNCIATION OF CUADRILLA

cuadrilla  [kwɑːˈdriːljə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUADRILLA

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cuadrilla is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CUADRILLA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cuadrilla

Cuadrilla may refer to: ▪ a group of friends in Basque culture ▪ 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 ▪ La Cuadrilla, a group of Spanish cinema directors ▪ Cuadrilla Resources, a British drilling and fracking company...

Definition of cuadrilla in the English dictionary

The definition of cuadrilla in the dictionary is a small group, especially a matador's assistants.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CUADRILLA


Apulia
əˈpjuːljə
battalia
bəˈtɑːljə
Cecilia
sɪˈsiːljə
come-all-ye
kəˈmɔːljə
haulier
ˈhɔːljə
Montpelier
mɒntˈpiːljə
parakeelya
ˌpærəˈkiːljə
parakelia
ˌpærəˈkiːljə
passacaglia
ˌpæsəˈkɑːljə
quesadilla
ˌkeɪsəˈdiːljə
seguidilla
ˌsɛɡɪˈdiːljə
sinsemilla
ˌsɪnsəˈmiːljə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUADRILLA

cu
Cu-bop
cu.
cu. in.
cuatro
cub
cub master
cub mistress
cub reporter
Cub Scout
Cuba
Cuba libre
cubage
Cuban
Cuban heel
Cuban solenodon
cubane
cubanelle
cubature
cubbed

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUADRILLA

Anguilla
antiguerrilla
banderilla
barilla
cabrilla
camarilla
cascarilla
counterguerilla
fibrilla
gorilla
guerilla
guerrilla
hydrilla
perilla
sarsaparilla
Sevilla
spirilla
urban guerrilla
villa
zorilla

Synonyms and antonyms of cuadrilla in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cuadrilla» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUADRILLA

Find out the translation of cuadrilla to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cuadrilla from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cuadrilla» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cuadrilla
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuadrilla
570 millions of speakers

English

cuadrilla
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cuadrilla
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cuadrilla
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cuadrilla
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Cuadrilla
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হবে।
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cuadrilla
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dalam.
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cuadrilla
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cuadrilla
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cuadrilla
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing.
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cuadrilla
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இல்.
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मध्ये
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

içinde.
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Cuadrilla
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Cuadrilla
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cuadrilla
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cuadrilla
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cuadrilla
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cuadrilla
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cuadrilla
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cuadrilla
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cuadrilla

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CUADRILLA»

The term «cuadrilla» is regularly used and occupies the 62.860 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CUADRILLA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cuadrilla

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUADRILLA»

Discover the use of cuadrilla in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cuadrilla and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Social Roots of Basque Nationalism
population centers, boundaries were mostly imposed by the social makeup of the neighborhood itself or the behavior of the cuadrilla in question. Social heterogeneity was more common in smaller towns. Within the youth cuadrilla, ...
Alfonso Pérez-Agote, 2006
2
Shale gas: fifth report of session 2010-12
2.2 Cuadrilla employs 14 people full time: nine based in the UK, three in the US and two in Poland. In addition, the company currently uses 19 consultants and seven contractors, employing roughly 40 people who regularly work on Cuadrilla  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Energy and Climate Change Committee, Great Britain: Department of Energy and Climate Change, 2011
3
Women and ETA: The Gender Politics of Radical Basque Nationalism
Cuadrilla In contrast to the proliferation of references to religion and the Church, few of the interviews contain explicit references to the cuadrilla or friendship group. Like the Church, the cuadrilla has sometimes been portrayed as a kind of  ...
Carrie Hamilton, 2007
4
Reluctant Modernization: Plebeian Culture and Moral Economy ...
cuadrilla leaves its mark on the vicinity, so too does the vicinity influence some of the group's habits.21 However, one of the most interesting aspects of the cuadrilla phenomenon is that it does not impose unanimity; it is a collective ...
Andreas Hess, 2009
5
Basque Society: Structures, Institutions, and Contemporary Life
cuadrilla, is linked to the social life of a town or neighborhood. EFFECTIVELY, the cuadrilla allows people to present themselves in collective form as part of a group in the social life of their town or neighborhood, usually in leisure-time ...
Gabriel Gatti, Ignacio Irazuzta, Iñaki Martínez de Albeniz, 2005
6
Macho!
Each cuadrilla had a headman who was elected by the men to keep count of the trucks, keep check on the men, and make sure of the division of their pay. This cuadrilla boss liked Roberto, liked the way he worked and talked and pushed the  ...
Victor Villasenor, 2012
7
Christianity, Social Change, and Globalization in the Americas
They give us ... the opportunity [of carrying rights] with a cuadrilla they endorse. . . . There are two hermandades in Peru with which we have a close relationship. . . . There isn't just a direct link like that from institution to institution, instead ...
Anna Lisa Peterson, Manuel A. Vásquez, Philip J. Williams, 2001
8
Ignacio: The Diary of a Maya Indian of Guatemala
Earlier I had talked to Antonio Castro and Jose about a trip to the southern coast to take a cuadrilla to pick cotton. Antonio secured the contracts. He just asked me to teach him how to do this work because there were other contractors more ...
Ignacio Bizarro Ujpán, James D. Sexton, 1992
9
Amatxi, Amuma, Amona: Writings in Honor of Basque Women
She took her primary Basque identity from her (Basque-speaking) mother, as well as from her cuadrilla. The cuadrilla is a group of friends in Basque society, the members of which, typically, form while they are still young children, share a ...
Linda White, Cameron Watson, 2003
10
In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit ...
By the time the field crew has brought several groups of bananas to the processing facility, the cuadrilla has arrived. The cuadrilla, or processing crew, is typically comprised of between ten and fifteen men and women. They come to the  ...
Steve Striffler, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUADRILLA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cuadrilla is used in the context of the following news items.
1
North Sea oil drillers get soundbites not tax cuts in Budget
Last month, plans by Cuadrilla to start fracking in Lancashire were thrown out by the local council. Policy Costings Summer Budget 2015. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Shale gas fracking on Lancashire farmland is rejected
It said: “We are happy Lancashire County Council has listened to the overwhelming wishes of local people and has rejected Cuadrilla's ... «FG Insight, Jul 15»
3
Management the key to mining investments that survive, consolidate …
Marin Katusa is a well-known expert in the resource space, helping to found companies such as Copper Mountain Mining Corp. and Cuadrilla ... «Financial Post, Jul 15»
4
BBC Cranks Up Climate Propaganda Ahead of Paris Summit
Last week, Lancashire County Council turned down an application by fracking firm Cuadrilla for four wells, going against the advice of both ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
5
UK Shale Development Dealt Blow After Cuadrilla Rejections
Last Monday, the Lancashire County Council Development Control Committee denied Cuadrilla an application to drill up to four test wells at a ... «Natural Gas Intelligence, Jul 15»
6
PRESS: Fracking Story Turns To Yorkshire Following Lancashire …
Cuadrilla Resources had been at the forefront of the fracking argument after it submitted applications to frack two sites in Lancashire, both of ... «London South East, Jul 15»
7
North East MPs lobby Prime Minister David Cameron over fracking …
Energy company Cuadrilla may appeal the Lancashire decision, despite the overwhelming opposition of residents to fracking. Any appeal ... «The Journal, Jul 15»
8
Proactive weekly oil and gas news summary, including fracking …
Earlier this week, the Lancashire County Council rejected a bid by the energy company Cuadrilla to start drilling and fracking (fracture stimulation) to extract gas ... «Proactive Investors UK, Jul 15»
9
Fracking's 'Waterloo' shatters power plans
Cuadrilla may yet appeal, but that will cost more than £1m and take another year. In the meantime, two other companies will try their luck. «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
10
Anti-fracking Nanas: 'The government is all out for shale – we're all …
When they left, they filmed themselves hand-delivering a letter to the farmer who had rented the field to Cuadrilla, saying they were leaving, and ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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