Alarcón

American  

[ah-lahr-kawn] / ˌɑ lɑrˈkɔn /

noun

1. Pedro Antonio Pedro Antonio Alarcón y Ariza, 1833–91, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and diplomat.

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Alarcón British  

/ alarˈkon /

noun

1. Pedro Antonio de (ˈpeðro anˈtonjo de). 1833–91, Spanish novelist and short-story writer, noted for his humorous sketches of rural life, esp in The Three-Cornered Hat (1874)

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Example Sentences

The 51-year-old man, named by Ukrainian and Spanish sources as Andriy Portnov, had just dropped his children off at the school in the Pozuelo de Alarcón area of the city, reports say.

From BBC • May 21, 2025

Alarcón was first elected to the Palmdale City Council in 2022 and was named mayor pro tem during the city’s reorganization meeting last December.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Alarcón was drafted with an eye on the future; General Manager Mike Thibault said the 19-year-old from Spain isn’t expected to come over this season, but he wanted to have her rights.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2023

Mr. Alarcón went on to become head of the Spanish Broadcasting System, where Mr. Vega was for many years executive vice president in charge of programming.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2023

Early in 1718 Alarcón left Coahuila with a colony of sixty-two persons, besides the neophytes of mission San Francisco Solano, who were to be transferred to the new site on the San Antonio River.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene