Torralba

American  

[taw-rahl-buh, tawr-rahl-bah] / tɔˈrɑl bə, tɔrˈrɑl bɑ /

noun

1. the site of a Lower Paleolithic hunting and butchering station east of Madrid, in the province of Soria, Spain, characterized by butchered elephant remains, stone hand axes, cleavers, and scrapers, and rare pieces of worked wood.

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Example Sentences

The villages of Higueras, Pavias and Torralba del Pinar, with a combined population of about 75, were the latest to be cleared, emergency services said.

From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2023

Records showed both Torralba and Villa were born in Mexico; their citizenship status was unclear.

From Fox News • Jul. 21, 2019

The sergeant said Torralba told investigators she didn’t want the baby and Villa was not the father, the paper reported.

From Fox News • Jul. 21, 2019

Television microphones picked up her talking to chair umpire Felix Torralba that she thought the person being treated was her coach.

From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2016

Torralba again closed his eyes, and when Zequiel told him to open them, he found himself in the tower of Nona in Rome.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio