bullfighting

bullfighting

See also: bull-fighting

English

Alternative forms

• bull-fighting

Etymology

bull +‎ fighting

Pronunciation

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Noun

bullfighting (usually uncountable, plural bullfightings)

1. A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
   • 2007, Wikipedia:Cattle:

     In Portugal, Spain, Southern France and some Latin American countries, bulls are used in the sport of bullfighting.

Synonyms

• tauromachy (formal), bullfight

Translations

spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull — See also translations at bullfight

Afrikaans: stiergeveg Armenian: ցլամարտ (hy) (cʿlamart) Basque: tauromakia Catalan: tauromàquia (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 公牛戰鬥／公牛战斗 (gōngniú zhàndòu), 鬥牛／斗牛 (zh) (dòuniú) Dutch: stierenvechten n Estonian: härjavõitlus Finnish: härkätaistelu (fi) French: tauromachie (fr) f, corrida (fr) f Galician: toureo m, tauromaquia f, corrida de touros f German: Stierkampf (de) Greek: ταυρομαχία (el) (tavromachía) Hebrew: מלחמת שוורים‎ f (milkhemet shvarym) Hungarian: bikaviadal (hu) Italian: toromachia f, corrida (it) f Japanese: 闘牛 (ja) (とうぎゅう, tōgyū), 雄牛の戦い (おうしのたたかい, oushi-no tatakai) Korean: 황소 싸움 (hwangso ssaum) Latin: tauromachia f Maltese: ġlieda tat-toru Norwegian: Bokmål: tyrefekting m or f, tyrefektning m or f Nynorsk: tyrefekting f Portuguese: tauromaquia (pt) f, tourada (pt) f, corrida de touros f Romanian: coridă (ro) f Russian: бой быко́в (ru) m (boj bykóv), корри́да (ru) f (korrída) Spanish: toreo (es) m, tauromaquia (es) f, corrida de toros f Swedish: tjurfäktning (sv) c Turkish: boğa güreşi (tr) Vietnamese: đấu bò

See also

• Wikipedia article on bullfighting