muleta
Arena's final lure
A muleta is the red cloth draped over a stick that a matador uses in the final stage of a bullfight.
The cape draws the bull's charges while the matador demonstrates control and artistry before the kill.
Though popularly thought to enrage the bull, the color is irrelevant—bulls are colorblind; the movement provokes them.
Shouldered sleeveless wrap
Spanish arena combatant
- toreadorSpanish bullfight participant
- bullfighterOne who fights bulls
- picadorMounted bullfight lancer
- banderilleroDart-placing bullfight participant
Primary color, warm
- provocationAct that triggers response
- challengeTest of ability
- tauntInsulting provocation
- lureThing that tempts
deception · bravery · death · sacrifice · ritual · tradition · spectacle · drama
cape
Shouldered sleeveless wrap
espada · pica · traje de luces
torero
Spanish arena combatant
- toreadorSpanish bullfight participant
- bullfighterOne who fights bulls
- picadorMounted bullfight lancer
red
Primary color, warm
- provocationAct that triggers response
- challengeTest of ability
- tauntInsulting provocation
lure · deception · bravery · death · sacrifice · ritual · tradition · spectacle · drama · danger
bullfight
Staged combat with cattle
- corridaFormal Spanish bull contest
- arenaVenue for contests
- paseílloBullfighters' formal entrance march
ole · aficionado · feria
pass
Move beyond or decline
- Spanish Cultureflamenco, paella, Goya, tapas, bullfighting
- bullfightingpicador, toro, torero, corrida, bullring
- IberianSpain, flamenco, tapas, paella, bullfighting
- Spanish fashionmantilla, flamenco dress, espadrilles, traje de luces, capote
- Portuguese Boats
- soportebase, pedestal, rack, stand, pie
- work like a muleToil with stubborn persistence
- stubborn as a muleExtremely obstinate comparison
- as stubborn as a muleExtremely resistant to change
- pack muleLoad-bearing equine
- worked like a muleLabored extremely hard
- kicked like a muleStruck with tremendous force