What is the man who fights the bull in a bullfight called?

Answer 1

A horseback matador is a rejoneador. He fights bulls from expensive and specially trained horses. That is different than a picador. The picador is the torero whose job is to weaken the tossing muscle of the bull. He does not kill the bull and, therefore, is not a matador.

Answer 2

Torero is the name given to anyone who fights a bull. A matador is a torero who performs the faenawith his muleta and then kills the bull. All matadores are toreros but not all toreros are matadores.

Answer 3

Torero is the name given to all those involved in the bullfight and includes:Picadores - the men on horseback that use lances to weaken the bull's tossing muscles in the neck.

Banderilleros - the torero who assists the matador in the ring and places the decorated, barbed sticks called banderillas.

Matador - the main participant who must artistically work the bull and kill it.

Answer 4

A rejoneador is a torero who fights the bull from horseback rather than on foot as would a matador.

Answer 5

Picador

Answer 6

A Matador.