bullfight

/'bulfait/

Thân thiện

Definition

Noun: 1. A traditional spectacle in Spanish, Portuguese, and some Latin American cultures: A formal event, typically held in an arena, where performers execute various maneuvers with a bull, culminating in the bull's death by a matador in the traditional format. 2. The event or contest itself: Refers to the specific performance or match involving a bull and human participants.

Usage

The word "bullfight" is used as a countable noun to describe the event. It is often associated with specific cultural traditions. - They attended a bullfight during their trip to Seville. - The controversy surrounding the bullfight continues to be debated.

Advanced Usage

• "to go to a bullfight": to attend such an event as a spectator.
  • Many tourists go to a bullfight to experience the local culture.
• "the art of the bullfight": used to describe the spectacle in terms of its ritualistic and stylistic elements.
  • He wrote a book about the history and art of the bullfight.

Variants and Related Words

• Bullfighter (n): a person, especially a matador, who fights bulls in a bullfight.
• Bullfighting (n): the activity or practice of fighting bulls, often used to refer to the tradition as a whole.
  • Bullfighting has a long history in the Iberian Peninsula.

Synonyms

• Corrida (n): the Spanish term for a bullfight.
• Tauromachy (n): a formal term for the art or practice of bullfighting.

Related Phrases

• Bullring (n): the circular arena where a bullfight takes place.
  • The crowd filled the bullring.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators

Từ đồng nghĩa

• corrida