tauromaquia
See also: tauromàquia
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros) "bull" + μάχη (mákhē) "battle", from μάχομαι (mákhomai) "I do battle".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tau.ɾoˈma.kja/
Noun
tauromaquia f (uncountable)
- (bullfighting) tauromachy, bullfighting
- Synonym: toureo m
- Antonym: antitaurimaquia f
Related terms
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /taw.ɾo.maˈki.ɐ/ [taʊ̯.ɾo.maˈki.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /taw.ɾo.maˈki.a/ [taʊ̯.ɾo.maˈki.a]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /taw.ɾu.mɐˈki.ɐ/
- Hyphenation: tau‧ro‧ma‧qui‧a
Noun
tauromaquia f (plural tauromaquias)
- bullfighting (performance art in which a matador manipulates and kills a bull)
- Synonym: tourada
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”), from μάχομαι (mákhomai, “to do battle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tauɾoˈmakja/ [t̪au̯.ɾoˈma.kja]
- Rhymes: -akja
- Syllabification: tau‧ro‧ma‧quia
Noun
tauromaquia f (plural tauromaquias)
- (bullfighting) tauromachy, bullfighting
- Synonym: toreo
- Antonym: antitauromaquia
Hypernyms
- deporte sangriento (“blood sport”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “tauromaquia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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