García Lorca

American  

[gahr-see-uh lawr-kuh, gahr-thee-ah lawr-kah, -see-ah] / gɑrˈsi ə ˈlɔr kə, gɑrˈθi ɑ ˈlɔr kɑ, -ˈsi ɑ /

noun

1. Federico 1899–1936, Spanish poet and dramatist.

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García Lorca British  

/ ɡarˈθia ˈlɔrka /

noun

1. See Lorca 1

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Example Sentences

“One thing that I’ll always be eternally grateful to him for . . . is he introduced me to García Lorca when I was a kid,” his son later said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

“In Spain,” García Lorca once wrote, “the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.”

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

I once came across him stretched out on the floor of a bookstore in Portland, Ore., with a Spanish dictionary in one hand and the complete works of Federico García Lorca in the other.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

"As the great poet Federico García Lorca said: ‘Every step we take on earth brings us to a new world.’"

From Reuters • Feb. 7, 2023

When we’re ready to rest, we have tapas at one of the cafés on the Plaza de Santa Ana, next to a statue of the poet and playwright Federico García Lorca.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar