| 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. |
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