the matador was gored by the bull

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• matador — /mat euh dawr /, n. 1. the principal bullfighter in a bullfight who passes the bull with a muleta and then, in many countries, kills it with a sword thrust; a torero. 2. one of the principal cards in skat and certain other games. 3. (cap.) a jet… …   Universalium

• The Brave Bulls — Infobox Book name = The Brave Bulls title orig = translator = image caption = author = Tom Lea illustrator = Tom Lea cover artist = Tom Lea country = language = series = subject = Raising fighting bulls Bullfighting Mexico genre = Western,… …   Wikipedia

• Miura bull — For the Lamborghini automobile, see Lamborghini Miura. A Miura bull charges at matador El Fundi at the Seville bullring A Miura bull is a Spanish fighting bull bred from the lineage of the Miura Cattle Ranch (Spanish: Ganadería Miura), located …   Wikipedia

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• José Falcón — The Portuguese José Falcón , born José Carlos Frita Falcão in Aldeia de Póvoas, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal on August 30, 1944 was a Portuguese matador whose bullfighting career spanned just over a decade. At the age of 17 José Falcão debuted… …   Wikipedia

• bullfighting — See bullfighter. * * * Spanish corrida de toros Spectacle, popular in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America, in which matadors ceremonially taunt, and usually kill, bulls in an arena. Spectacles with bulls were common in ancient Crete, Thessaly, and …   Universalium

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• Manolete — /mah naw le te/, n. (Manuel Laureano Rodríguez y Sánchez) 1917 47, Spanish matador. * * * ▪ Spanish bullfighter byname of  Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez  born July 4, 1917, Córdoba, Spain died Aug. 29, 1947, Linares  Spanish matador,… …   Universalium

• Spanish-style bullfighting — is called a corrida de toros (literally a running of bulls ), or fiesta brava . In traditional corrida , three toreros, also called matadores or, in French, toréadors , each fight two out of a total of six fighting bulls, each of which is at… …   Wikipedia

• Juan Belmonte — García (April 14, 1892 April 8, 1962) was an Spanish bullfighter, considered by many the greatest matador of all times.Born in the Triana area of Seville, Belmonte began his bullfighting career in 1908, touring around Spain in a children s… …   Wikipedia

• Jaime Bravo — (September 8, 1932 February 2, 1970) was a famous Mexican matador during the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in the infamous Tepito District of México City, to Spanish parents. His way out of the ghetto was as a es. trapezista (trapeze artist) for a …   Wikipedia