What is bullfighting?
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Bullfighting
//ˈbʊlˌfaɪ.tɪŋ//
Synonyms for "bullfighting" (3 found)
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47 translations across 34 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- stiergeveg noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Arabic
1 entries- مُصَارَعَة ثِيرَانٍ noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Armenian
1 entries- ցլամարտ noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- öküz döyüşü noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Basque
1 entries- tauromakia noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бикоборство noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Catalan
1 entries- tauromàquia noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 公牛戰鬥 /公牛战斗 noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
- 鬥牛 /斗牛 noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Dutch
1 entries- stierenvechten noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Estonian
1 entries- härjavõitlus noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Finnish
1 entries- härkätaistelu noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
French
2 entries- corrida noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
- tauromachie noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Galician
3 entries- corrida de touros noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
- tauromaquia noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
- toureo noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Georgian
2 entries- კორიდა noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
- ხარების ბრძოლა noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
German
1 entries- Stierkampf noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Greek
1 entries- ταυρομαχία noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Hebrew
1 entries- מלחמת שוורים noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Hungarian
1 entries- bikaviadal noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Italian
2 entries- corrida noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
- toromachia noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Japanese
2 entries- 闘牛 noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
- 雄牛の戦い noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Korean
1 entries- 황소 싸움 noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Latin
1 entries- tauromachia noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Maltese
1 entries- ġlieda tat-toru noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- tyrefekting noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
- tyrefektning noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- tyrefekting noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Persian
1 entries- گاوبازی noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Polish
1 entries- korrida noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Portuguese
3 entries- corrida de touros noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
- tauromaquia noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
- tourada noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Romanian
1 entries- coridă noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Russian
2 entries- бой быко́в noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
- корри́да noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Spanish
3 entries- corrida de toros noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
- tauromaquia noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
- toreo noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Swedish
1 entries- tjurfäktning noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Turkish
1 entries- boğa güreşi noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đấu bò noun (spectacle of manipulating and killing a bull)
Sample sentences
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Bullfighting is so cruel and barbaric.
Source: tatoeba (11373638)
In Portugal, Spain, Southern France and some Latin American countries, bulls are used in the sport of bullfighting.
Source: wiktionary
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