Torres
Torres proper noun: a topographic surname from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Towers of Spanish and Portuguese origin.
Proper noun
Torres
- A topographic surname from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Towers of Spanish and Portuguese origin.
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Origin of Torres
From Romance Torres (Portuguese Torres and Spanish Torres); from torres ("towers"; Portuguese torres and Spanish torres); indicating someone who lived in or near a tower. From Latin turris.
Words formed from Torres
Phrases with Torres
Questions about Torres
- What does Torres mean?
- Torres means a topographic surname from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Towers of Spanish and Portuguese origin.
- What part of speech is Torres?
- Torres is a proper noun.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Torres (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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