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# bullfighter

«bullfighter» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who takes part in a bullfight, a public show in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a bullfighter, bullfighters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who takes part in a bullfight, a public show in which people tease and fight a bull, usually ending with the bull being killed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfighter/#m1)

2) The main bullfighter is called a matador. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfighter/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In culture and ethics lessons bullfighting is a tradition in Spain, Portugal, southern France and parts of Latin America, but many people think it is cruel to animals and some places have banned it. In stories a bullfighter waves a red cape. Myth: bulls are not angered by the colour red; they react to the cape moving.

### examples

- The bullfighter waved a red cape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfighter/#x1)
- Many people protest that bullfighting is cruel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfighter/#x2)
- The matador is the most famous bullfighter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfighter/#x3)
- Some cities in Spain have banned bullfights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfighter/#x4)
- In the painting a bullfighter stands in the ring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfighter/#x5)
- Bulls are colour-blind to red; they charge at the moving cape. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfighter/#x6)

### note

One word: bull + fighter. Spanish words: torero, matador. Myth trap: bulls do not hate red; the movement matters. A sensitive topic: treat both the tradition and the animal-welfare view fairly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bullfighter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bullfighter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.