Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
aficionado afficionado | an ardent follower, esp. of bullfighting > AFICIONADOS, AFFICIONADOS. |
banderilla | a dart stuck into bull at bull-fight. |
banderillero | a person who thrusts in the BANDERILLAS in a bullfight > BANDERILLEROS. |
bullfight | a fight with a bull. |
bullfighter | one who takes part in a BULLFIGHT, a MATADOR. |
bullfighting | the action involved in a bullfight > BULLFIGHTINGS. |
bullring | the arena where a bullfight takes place. |
burladero | the wooden barrier in a bullring used for protection > BURLADEROS. [Sp. burlar, to make fun of]. |
capework | a matador's performance with his cape. |
corrida | a bullfight. |
cuadrilla | the attendants of a matador. |
encierro | in Spanish towns, an event in which bulls are driven through the streets of a town to a bull-ring > ENCIERROS. |
espada | a sword, esp. as used by a MATADOR. |
faena | all the work done with the MULETA in the last part of the bullfight. |
matador matadore | the bullfighter who kills the bull in a bullfight. |
matadora | a female matador. |
muleta | a small cape fixed to a stick used by a matador in a bullfight. |
ole | an interjection expressing approval e.g. of a matador's performance. |
pase | a movement of a matador's cape. [Sp. pase, pass]. |
paseo | a leisurely stroll; the march of bullfighters into the arena. |
pic | a PICADOR's lance. |
picador | a matador's asistant, a mounted bull-fighter with a lance > PICADORS or PICADORES. |
pundonor | a 'point of honour': the depth of feeling shown by a matador: PUNDONORES. |
rejon | a lance with a wooden handle, used in bullfighting > REJONES. |
rejoneador | a mounted bullfighter who uses REJONES > REJONEADORES. |
rejoneadora | a female REJONEADOR. |
rejoneo | the art of bullfighting on horseback using REJONES. |
taurine | related to bulls. |
tauromachian | pertaining to bullfights. |
tauromachy | the art of bullfighting. |
toreador | an old name for a BULLFIGHTER on horseback. |
torero | a BULLFIGHTER on foot. |
toro | a bull > TOROS. |
veronica | the fundamental two-handed cape pass named after St.Veronica. |