A "matador" is a presumed derivative of Late Latin mattus which means soft or weak.
They wrestle bulls.
Bulls
Matador.
Francisco Romero was the first matador to fight a bull on foot in about the year 1726.
A matador, as with any entertainer, is paid per performance and does not receive a wage. Top matadors may receive tens of thousands of dollars for a single fight. His pay depends on his popularity which, in turn, depends on his skills as a matador.
A matador fights on foot. A rejoneador fights from horseback on specially trained horses. Some matadors, such as Carlos Arruza (died in the 1960s), have done both.
The matador wears a traje de luces - a suit of lights.
Matadors say "Toro", which is "Bull" to entice the animal. They also say "ole."
The matador uses either a capote (large magenta cape) or a muleta (smaller red cape) to attract the bull. The motion of the cape is what draws the animal's attention, not the color.
Matador is 5' 8".
Gored, if he has been stabbed with one of the horns. matador herido or matador jodido
A Matador
The duration of The Matador is 1.6 hours.