bullfighting

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Noun

bullfighting (uncountable)

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.

Synonyms

• tauromachy (formal), bullfight

Translations

• French: tauromachie, corrida
• German: Stierkampf
• Italian: toromachia, corrida
• Portuguese: tauromaquia, tourada, corrida de touros
• Russian: бой быко́в
• Spanish: toreo, tauromaquia, corrida de toros

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