tauromaquia
See also: tauromàquia
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros) "bull" + μάχη (mákhē) "battle", from μάχομαι (mákhomai) "I do battle".
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tauromaquia f (uncountable)
- (bullfighting) tauromachy, bullfighting
- Synonym: toureo m
- Antonym: antitaurimaquia f
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Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: tau‧ro‧ma‧qui‧a
Noun edit
tauromaquia f (plural tauromaquias)
- bullfighting (performance art in which a matador manipulates and kills a bull)
- Synonym: tourada
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”), from μάχομαι (mákhomai, “to do battle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tauromaquia f (plural tauromaquias)
- (bullfighting) tauromachy, bullfighting
- Synonym: toreo
- Antonym: antitauromaquia
Hypernyms edit
- deporte sangriento (“blood sport”)
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Further reading edit
- “tauromaquia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014