Term Gallery logo

Meanings of toreador in inglês

português
toureiro
catalão
torejador
espanhol
torero

Someone who fights bulls.

        toureiro
        Usage of toreador in inglês
        1
        Once I let myself be tempted into trying to compete with the toreador.
        The Road to Damascus, a Trilogy
        2
        You played that thing like a toreador sidestepping a bull, Tom!
        Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X
        3
        Why not add a toreador or a clown on black velvet?
        Heat Wave
        4
        It was no good, but the toreador was a king.
        Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 04
        5
        When Frederick and his friends entered, a woman and a slim toreador were dancing.
        Atlantis
        6
        Spain once looked like the toreador of Europe with robust housing, financial and export growth.
        Reuters
        7
        His face brightened; the coast was clear; it was the very morning to play toreador.
        The Admirable Tinker / Child of the World
        8
        Now a toreador, whom he had seen more than once in the arena, strutted past.
        A Word, Only a Word — Volume 03
        9
        His assistant director at the Young Vic, Peter Cant, described him as: Part bull, part toreador.
        The Guardian
        10
        The toreador had slain his bull at last, but had done no justice to his reputation.
        Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords] — Volume 2
        11
        He felt that he could play toreador with neatness and despatch provided he could foresee the charge.
        We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
        12
        A toreador is not a brave man.
        The Night-Born
        13
        The English ask him if he is a toreador, and he-whatdoes he want better than that!
        The Shadow of the Cathedral
        14
        Once or twice he rearranged the light waterproof which he had slung over one shoulder in toreador fashion.
        Dubliners
        15
        Come to Quito and I will show you the brave sport of men, the toreador and the bull.
        The Night-Born
        16
        He could not, like a toreador, jump aside, for those mighty horns would sweep too wide a space.
        Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 1.
        About this term
        More collocations
        Translations for toreador
        português
        toureiro
        Toreador through the time