bullfighting
bull·fight·ing
бой быков, коррида
Stierkampf
A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a…A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
/ˈbʊlˌfaɪ.tɪŋ/
» What is bullfighting?
Что такое бой быков?
Что такое коррида?
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)A traditional spectacle, popular in Spain and many former Spanish colonies, in which a matador manipulates and ultimately kills a bull at close range.
Stierkampf
бой быко́вboj bykóv, корри́даkorrída
More definitions
- the activity at a bullfight
Examples
2 sentencesWhat is bullfighting?
ruЧто такое бой быков?
Bullfighting is so cruel and barbaric.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull:
Origin
From bull + fighting.From bull + fighting.
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Forms
plural: bullfightingsSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- the activity at a bullfight:tauromachy
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedantibullfighting
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable