Alvarado

[ ahl-vah-rah-thaw ]

noun

1. A·lon·so de [ah-, lawn, -saw , th, e], c1490–1554, Spanish soldier in the conquests of Mexico and Peru: governor of Cuzco 1552?–54.
2. Pe·dro de [pe, -, th, r, aw , th, e], 1495–1541, Spanish soldier: chief aide of Cortés in conquest of Mexico; governor of Guatemala 1530–34.

Example Sentences

Alvarado said this week that she and her boyfriend hadn’t resettled in the area since and instead have set up camp on Caltrans-owned property near Chicano Park where San Diego officers can’t crack down.

From Voice of San Diego

Alvarado said police told her to move her belongings across the street before an August city clean-up operation or be ticketed.

From Voice of San Diego

A group called the BIPOC Educators Association of North County attacked the Vista chapter of the Parent Association, saying it had directed its members to harass and racially target Alvarado.

From Voice of San Diego

Alvarado, the BIPOC Educators Association and the Vista teachers union said opening schools was unsafe.

From Voice of San Diego

While Alvarado is now a dedicated advocate for the need to protect your skin from sun damage, when she was growing up that wasn’t always the case.

From The Daily Beast

“We searched all the impound lots in the city, and there they were,” Alvarado said.

From The Daily Beast

Raquel Alvarado is the mother of the three young Americans killed.

From The Daily Beast

In October, Alvarado and Martinez pleaded guilty in federal court and were sentenced to 30 years.

From The Daily Beast

On March 11, Idaho State Police pulled over Alvarado and found three pounds of meth along with a pound of cocaine in the car.

From The Daily Beast

With his right eye closed, Alvarado was looking like a gargoyle and there was nothing left in his offensive tank.

From The Daily Beast

The same has been said of Don Juan de Alvarado, ex-fiscal, and that is known throughout the country as a public matter.

From Project Gutenberg

The first, founded by Alvarado, was on the very spot where he fought the battle which made him conqueror.

From Project Gutenberg

For seventeen years Alvarado kept the Indians at work building a new capital on the site of their old one.

From Project Gutenberg

Alvarado and his three hundred Spanish soldiers were nearly a year in making the journey through the forest.

From Project Gutenberg

There was not a braver soldier, a fiercer fighter, or a more resolute man in the following of Cortes than Pedro de Alvarado.

From Project Gutenberg