Velázquez

or Ve·lás·quez

[ vuh-lahs-kez, -kes; Spanish ve-lahth-keth ]

noun

1. Die·go Ro·drí·guez de Sil·va y [dye, -gaw , r, aw-, three, -geth , th, e , seel, -vah ee], 1599–1660, Spanish painter.

Velázquez

/ beˈlaθkɛθ; beˈlaskɛθ /

noun

1. VelázquezDiego Rodríguez de Silva y15991660MSpanishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Diego Rodríguez de Silva y (ˈdjeɣo rɔˈðriɣɛθ de ˈsilβa i). 1599–1660, Spanish painter, remarkable for the realism of his portraits, esp those of Philip IV of Spain and the royal household

Example Sentences

“El Zurdo learned to pitch here,” recalled Filiberto Velázquez.

From Los Angeles Times

Velázquez, a former mayor in the area, is 63, the same age as Valenzuela when he died.

From Los Angeles Times

“He was a giant, a legend,” said Velázquez.

From Los Angeles Times

“There will not be impunity,” declared Rosa Icela Rodríguez Velázquez, Mexico’s chief of security, in a statement on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

From Los Angeles Times

A 64-year-old man named Jorge Velazquez, who described himself as having spent many years working with his hands "hunched over picking strawberries and cutting broccoli," asked Trump who he thought was going to do this type of work if he deported all the undocumented workers who account for most of the agricultural workforce.

From Salon