bullfighting

American  

[bool-fahyt-ing] / ˈbʊlˌfaɪt ɪŋ /

noun

1. a traditional Spanish, Portuguese, or Latin American sport in which a bull is fought by a matador in an arena according to prescribed conventions, traditionally ending with the bull being killed; in Portuguese-style bullfighting, the bull is not killed in the arena.

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Example Sentences

Hemingway often draws an analogy between dying in war and in bullfighting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

At the center of the story is the cuy, a guinea pig eaten in Andean South America, though in this telling they’re also used in a version of bullfighting.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2025

Rey’s relationship to the spiritual side of bullfighting becomes ongoing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

A friend of the Spanish director, who is now based in Edinburgh, connected her to a bullfighting school, through which she ultimately met Borja.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2024

When Sandi played Toro, bullfighting Yoyo with a towel, she would shout after each successful scrape with death, ¡OLE! and stamp her feet in triumph, lifting her right hand to the crowd.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez