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See also: bull-fighting
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “given origins of the sport from Spain there must be something better than this surface analysis”) From bull + fighting.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈbʊlˌfaɪ.tɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: bull‧fight‧ing
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]bullfighting (usually uncountable, plural bullfightings)
- 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
[edit]- tauromachy (formal), bullfight
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull — see also bullfight
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