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  Bullfighting Frequently asked terms

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FATs (Frequently Asked Terms):

  • Toro - bull
  • Plaza de toros - bullring
  • Corrida - bullfight
  • Matador - star bullfighter
  • Torero - bullfighter (general term applicable to any person who engages in the ultimate death of the bull)
  • Picador - lancer (on horseback)
  • Banderillero - bullfighter (on foot) who inserts barbed wooden decorated sticks into the bull´s neck muscle
  • Traje de luces - suit of lights (colourful sequined suit worn by bullfighters)
  • Veronica - a type of pass whereby the cape is drawn over the bull´s head while the man holds a posture.
    (There are many terms used for defining moves, which makes reading an article in the press on bullfighting rather esoteric)
  • Novillos - a novice bullfighter is called a novillero and fights not in a corrida, but in a novillada with young bulls (novillos)




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