10-31-2015, 02:01 AM
We have got used to the word "Matador" to mean something heroic and brave, and rather glamorous, and essentially masculine with an attractive cutting edge.
But the real meaning of that word is revealing; "Matador" means "Killer", from the word "Matar" (kill....kill by wounding) probably originates from Arabic "Mata" meaning dead.
Maybe that's where we got the word "Mortal" from , and "La Mort" in French.
Now it doesn't sound like such an honourable or glamorous profession does it?
I hope Spanish young men will not be glamourised into thinking they will be heroes if they choose this so-called profession. It's better that they choose something else truly decent.
But the real meaning of that word is revealing; "Matador" means "Killer", from the word "Matar" (kill....kill by wounding) probably originates from Arabic "Mata" meaning dead.
Maybe that's where we got the word "Mortal" from , and "La Mort" in French.
Now it doesn't sound like such an honourable or glamorous profession does it?
I hope Spanish young men will not be glamourised into thinking they will be heroes if they choose this so-called profession. It's better that they choose something else truly decent.
