A bullfight is a form of public entertainment in which people fight and kill bulls. Bullfights take place in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
bullfight in British English
(ˈbʊlˌfaɪt)
noun
a traditional Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American spectacle in which a matador, assisted by banderilleros and mounted picadors, baits and usually kills a bull in an arena
Derived forms
bullfighter (ˈbullˌfighter)
noun
bullfighting (ˈbullˌfighting)
noun
bullfight in American English
(ˈbʊlˌfaɪt)
noun
a spectacle in which a bull is first provoked in various ways and then maneuvered into position by a matador, whose task is to kill it with the thrust of a sword: it is one of a series in a public program called a corrida, popular in Spain and Spanish America