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An area in the bullfight arena taken by the bull for a defensive stand.

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  • She was the first person I knew to use the word "querencia", and she is the single biggest influence on who I am today.
  • E.H. refers in several works to the analogous place a bull prefers, and he defines "querencia" in Death in the Afternoon as that "part of the ring that the bull prefers...
  • Did you notice how he went to the bull in its querencia?
  • Carl possessed a calm that betrayed his querencia wherever he went.
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