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Spanish demonstration against bullfighting

Vocabulary

banners

large pieces of cloth or cardboard with signs or messages on them, here, carried by protestors

disparaging

being critical, scornful, belittling and giving a negative view of

a coalition

a group of people from different political or social groups, who want to achieve the same goal

ecologists

people who work to protect the balance between humans, animals and plants, and the place they all live in so that they are not harmed

ashamed

embarrassed, guilty

the centuries-old spectacle

the unusual or strange public show which is hundreds of years old

implanting

stabbing, putting into the body by piercing the skin

a matador

a bullfighter, a person who fights and kills bulls to entertain people

bullrings

enclosed areas where bullfighting takes place

autonomous

politically independent, controls and rules itself, here, rather than being ruled by Spain