tauromaquia

See also: tauromàquia

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros) "bull" + μάχη (mákhē) "battle", from μάχομαι (mákhomai) "I do battle".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tau.ɾoˈma.kja/

Noun

tauromaquia f (uncountable)

1. (bullfighting) tauromachy, bullfighting

   Synonym: toureo m

   Antonym: antitaurimaquia f

Related terms

• toureiro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taw.ɾo.maˈki.ɐ/ [taʊ̯.ɾo.maˈki.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taw.ɾo.maˈki.ɐ/ [taʊ̯.ɾo.maˈki.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taw.ɾo.maˈki.a/ [taʊ̯.ɾo.maˈki.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /taw.ɾu.mɐˈki.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: tau‧ro‧ma‧qui‧a

Noun

tauromaquia f (plural tauromaquias)

1. bullfighting (performance art in which a matador manipulates and kills a bull)

   Synonym: tourada

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”), from μάχομαι (mákhomai, “to do battle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tauɾoˈmakja/ [t̪au̯.ɾoˈma.kja]
• Rhymes: -akja
• Syllabification: tau‧ro‧ma‧quia

Noun

tauromaquia f (plural tauromaquias)

1. (bullfighting) tauromachy, bullfighting

   Synonym: toreo

   Antonym: antitauromaquia

Hypernyms

• deporte sangriento (“blood sport”)

Related terms

• torero

 

Further reading

• “tauromaquia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014