Borges

American  

[bawr-hes] / ˈbɔr hɛs /

noun

1. Jorge Luis 1899–1986, Argentine poet, short-story writer, and philosophical essayist.

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Borges British  

/ ˈborxes /

noun

1. Jorge Luis (ˈxorxe lwis). 1899–1986, Argentinian poet, short-story writer, and literary scholar. The short stories collected in Ficciones (1944) he described as "games with infinity"

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Example Sentences

Federal prosecutor Cinthia Gabriela Borges from the national anti-trafficking unit told the BBC that she wanted to speak to women who had contact with Epstein to work out how the system operated.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

“The English have Shakespeare; the French, Molière. In Argentina, they have Borges, but the western is ours.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

The arrest occurred in the 500 block of Borges Court, where records indicate he owns a home.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

"The English have Shakespeare; the French, Moliere. In Argentina, they have Borges, but the Western is ours. I like that."

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Jorge Borges, in his recent bestiary of mythical creatures, notes that the idea of round beasts was imagined by many speculative minds, and Johannes Kepler once argued that the earth itself is such a being.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas