matador

     

A torero (killer of bulls") is the main performer in bullfighting events in Spain an other Spanish-speaking countries. He or she is the person who performs with and kills the bull. The role is also called toreador in English (and in Bizet's opera Carmen), but this term (older than torero) is actually never used in Spain or in Latin America. The term torero encompases bullfighters who fight the bull in the ring (picadores and rejoneadores).

Trivia about matador

  • Manolete of Spain made his mark as one of these bullfighters
  • Bullfight ticket prices vary by your seat location & the fame of this person
  • A flamboyant & risky job, it's also a word that means "killer"
  • I should "literally grab the bull by the horns"? What am I, this performer, from the Spanish "to kill"?

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