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Spanish comes second behind English as the most spoken language in North America
In terms of grammar and vocabulary, Spanish is fairly similar to French and Romanian
Spanish was the national language of the Philippines until 1987
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Los toros son una de las tradiciones españolas más conocidas en todo el mundo y forman una parte muy importante de su cultura.
Las corridas de toros como las conocemos hoy, nacen en el siglo XVIII, cuando la nobleza abandona el toreo a caballo y el pueblo comienza a hacerlo a pie, demostrando su valor y destreza. Al principio eran ejercicios de gimnasia. Hoy se considera como un bello espectáculo, un arte y una fiesta, donde el torero (el hombre) tiene que enfrentarse con el toro bravo (la bestia), animal fiero, sÃÂmbolo de fortaleza.
Para comprender el toreo es necesario conocer su lenguaje, los componentes y las personas que participan en la corrida.
Se necesita tener una plaza de toros. Hay muchas plazas de toros en España. Una muy famosa es la Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza en Sevilla. En la plaza de toros, ocurre la corrida.
Generalmente, en una corrida tres toreros torean seis toros, dos cada torero. La corrida se divide en tres partes denominadas tercios que se marcan con un toque de clarÃÂn.
En el primer tercio se torea con el capote. En el segundo se ponen las "banderillas". Y en el tercero, el torero utiliza la muleta hasta matar al toro con la espada.
Si el torero lo hace bien, el público le premia con una o dos orejas del toro, y como máximo el rabo. El mayor honor para el torero es salir de la plaza a hombros de la multitud.
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