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bullfighting
bullfighting
See also: bull-fighting
English
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Noun
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.
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Synonyms
- tauromachy (formal), bullfight
Translations
spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull
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