tauromaquia

== 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 ==== toureiro == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === 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 === Further reading === “tauromaquia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tauromaquia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025