bullfight
/'bulfait/
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.
Noun
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a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators
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