bullfight

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noun

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

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bullfeastcorrida
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Meanings

nounbullfight (plural bullfights)

plural bullfights

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

    Synonyms: bullfeast

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
bullfeast

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
corrida
Broader
spectacle
Also see
bullfightingcorrida

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From bull + fight.

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Translations

Dutch stiergevechten
  • stiergevechtenpublic spectacle
Finnish härkätaistelu
  • härkätaistelupublic spectacle
French corrida, spectacle de tauromachie
  • corridapublic spectacle
  • spectacle de tauromachiepublic spectacle
German Stierkampf, Corrida
  • Stierkampfpublic spectacle
  • Corridapublic spectacle
Hungarian bikaviadal
  • bikaviadalpublic spectacle
Italian corrida
  • corridapublic spectacle
Polish korrida, corrida
  • korridapublic spectacle
  • corridapublic spectacle
Portuguese tourada
  • touradapublic spectacle
Romanian coridă
  • coridăpublic spectacle
Spanish corrida, corrida de toros
  • corridapublic spectacle
  • corrida de torospublic spectacle
Swedish tjurfäktning
  • tjurfäktningpublic spectacle
Tagalog huwego de-toro
  • huwego de-toropublic spectacle
Turkish boğa güreşi
  • boğa güreşipublic spectacle
Cite this entry
APA

bullfight. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullfight

MLA

“bullfight.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullfight. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bullfight,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullfight.

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