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

Jorge Luis Borges, for instance, who began translating Kafka in 1938, was attracted to the labyrinthine nature of the stories, which, Ms. Hruska writes, combine the paradoxical qualities of “brevity and endlessness.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Cybersecurity companies are focusing on securing code at the point of creation, according to Goldman Sachs analyst Gabriela Borges.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

Sporting head coach Rui Borges does not think the fact Arsenal have lost their last two matches will make much of a difference on Tuesday.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Among the key offseason additions are defender Emily Sams, an Olympic champion with the U.S. national team, and midfielder Ary Borges, a Brazilian international.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 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