Definition of "bullfight" [bull•fight]

• A public spectacle, performed especially in Spain, Portugal, and parts of Latin America, in which a fighting bull is engaged in a series of traditional maneuvers culminating usually with the ceremonial execution of the bull by sword. In Portugal the bull is often fought from horseback and is not killed. (noun)

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• "This espectáculo or show with its parody of a bullfight is called 'charlotada'."
• "A bullfight is generally referred to as a “corrida de toros” (the running of the bulls)."
• "Decorated in bullfight pictures and posters and owned by the same gentleman that has had it for 18 years or more."