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BULLFIGHTER [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combat Sports (General)
DEF

One who fights a bull in a corrida.

Key term(s)
  • bullfighter
  • bull fighter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de combat (Généralités)
DEF

Homme qui affronte le taureau, dans une corrida.

OBS

On écrirait mieux «toréro.

OBS

toréro : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

OBS

toréador : Ce mot, qui a dû sa vogue au livret de «Carmen» [...] est inusité dans le langage de la tauromachie.

Spanish

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