bullfight

«bullfight» in Mova's school dictionary: A public show, mainly in Spain, Portugal, southern France… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a bullfight, bullfights)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

sense 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 →
• Many people think bullfights are cruel. tree →
• The matador waved a red cape at the bull in the bullfight. tree →
• Some towns have banned bullfights. tree →
• We learnt about the debate over bullfights in Spain. tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bullfight» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.