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# bullfight

noun (a bullfight, bullfights)

«bullfight» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A public show, mainly in Spain, Portugal, southern France and parts of Latin America, in which people fight a bull in a ring; in most bullfights the bull is killed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfight/#m1)

### In the lessons

In culture and ethics lessons, bullfighting is a tradition that many people see as cruel to animals; it is banned in some places and many people protest against it. Related: bullfighter, matador, bullring.

### Examples

- A bullfight takes place in a ring called a bullring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfight/#x1)
- Many people think bullfights are cruel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfight/#x2)
- The matador waved a red cape at the bull in the bullfight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfight/#x3)
- Some towns have banned bullfights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfight/#x4)
- We learnt about the debate over bullfights in Spain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfight/#x5)

### Note

One word. Countable: bullfights. Myth: bulls are not angered by the red colour; they react to the cape's movement, because bulls cannot see red well.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bullfight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfight/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bullfight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bullfight.html) on Mova free.