bullfighting
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bullfighting
- /ˈbʊlˌfaɪ.tɪŋ/
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From bull + fighting.
noun bullfightings · bull-fighting
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A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
In Portugal, Spain, Southern France and some Latin American countries, bulls are used in the sport of bullfighting.
Similar: tauromachy, bullfight
Translations
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noun spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull
| Español | toreo, tauromaquia, corrida de toros |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 황소 싸움 hwangso ssaum |
| 日本語 | 闘牛 tōgyū, 雄牛の戦い oushi-no tatakai |
| 中文 | 公牛戰鬥 /公牛战斗 gōngniú zhàndòu, 鬥牛 /斗牛 dòuniú |
| Português | tauromaquia, tourada, corrida de touros |
| Français | tauromachie, corrida |
| Deutsch | Stierkampf |
| Italiano | toromachia, corrida |
| Ελληνικά | ταυρομαχία tavromachía |
| Română | coridă |
| Русский | бой быко́в boj bykóv, корри́да korrída |
| Tiếng Việt | đấu bò |
| العربية | مُصَارَعَة ثِيرَانٍ muṣāraʕat ṯīrānin |
| עברית | מלחמת שוורים milkhemet shvarym |
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