"empitonado"
Padilla, de 38 años de edad, se aprestaba a poner el tercer par de banderillas al cuarto toro de la tarde cuando el astado le hizo perder el equilibrio y después le **empitonó** en la cara.* The article is here:
Interesting thing going on here. You won't find **empitonado** in the dictionary here. I figure it's pitón. It's interesting how this word is made up.
The other interesting word that caught my attention is the use of *astado*. As best as I can see it means "horned". Let's look at this in rough translation:
38 year old Padilla was preparing to stab with the third pair of bandarillas the 4th bull of the afternoon when the horned beast made him lose his balance and slip, it then gored him in the face with it's horn-tip.
Terrible injuries suffered by the guy, whatever you may think about his profession, obviously the bull didn't come out of it well...
2 Answers
empitonar.
- tr. Taurom. Dicho de una res: Alcanzar el bulto con los pitones. U. t. en sent. fig.
A horse can also get caught, so it is not only used for the bullfighters.
Yes, empitonar is when a bull gets a bullfighter with its horns.
