Meaning

1 senses
  1. A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull.

    Stierkampf, Corrida

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

Examples

4 sentences
  1. He wanted to see a bullfight, but his father wouldn't let him go.

  2. I've never seen a bullfight and I hope to never see one.

    ruЯ никогда не видел бой быков и надеюсь, что никогда не увижу. — Wezel

  3. In Arles I saw a bullfight.

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  4. Bullfights are still held in Spain and Mexico.

Translations

7 languages
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By meaning 1
public spectacle:

Origin

From bull + fight.

From bull + fight.

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Forms

plural: bullfights
Singularbullfight
Pluralbullfights

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators:corrida

Word family

2 related words

See also

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