toro
[taw-raw]
- a bull.
El Toro
[el tawr-oh]
- a city in SW California.
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Examples from the Web for toro
Contemporary Examples
He ate only the choicest foods and loved the fatty cut of tuna known as toro.
“They were making us work in terribly dangerous places,” Toro told the magazine.
Historical Examples
"I'm off down to tell Domecq that it's going to be done at two-thirty prompt," said Toro.
Adventures in Many LandsVarious
"It's a fact," said Toro, dropping the towel and feeling for a cigarette.
Adventures in Many LandsVarious
The same, thank you; are you going up to the toro, or returning to the rancho?
StronghandGustave Aimard
We can anchor off the Toro del Oro, and save all the hotel-bills.
Christianity has completely revolutionized child-life in Toro.
The Child in the MidstMary Schauffler Labaree
Word Origin and History for toro
n.
"bull," 1650s, from Spanish toro "bull," from Latin taurus (see steer (n.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper