What does torre in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word torre in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use torre in Spanish.

The word torre in Spanish means tower, tower, rook, castle, pile, pylon, go to sleep, toast, Oh geez!, Oh gosh!, Oh my god!, Good grief!, high voltage tower, high voltage pylon, control tower, cooling tower, computer tower, stone tower, oil derrick. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word torre

tower

nombre femenino (construcción alta)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Rapunzel vivía encerrada en lo alto de una torre oculta en un bosque.
Rapunzel lived locked up in a high tower hidden in the forest.

tower

nombre femenino (punto de vigilancia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El vigía esperaba en la torre para dar la señal.
The lookout waited in the tower to give the signal.

rook, castle

nombre femenino (pieza del ajedrez) (chess)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La torre no puede saltar sobre una casilla ocupada por otra pieza, excepto en el enroque.
A rook (or: castle) cannot jump over a square occupied by another piece, except when castling.

pile

nombre femenino (cosas apiladas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Se subió a una torre de ladrillos.
He clambered up a pile of bricks.

pylon

nombre femenino (estructura para cables) (electricity)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No te acerques a la torre de alta tensión.
Don't get close to the high tension pylon.

go to sleep

verbo intransitivo (AR, coloquial (dormir)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

toast

verbo transitivo (tostar al fuego)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

Oh geez!, Oh gosh!, Oh my god!, Good grief!

locución interjectiva (México, coloquial (expresa disgusto)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")
¡En la torre! Se me olvidó que hoy había examen.
Oh geez! I forgot there was a test today.

high voltage tower, high voltage pylon

nombre femenino (tendido eléctrico)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Las torres de alta tensión cubren la vista del apartamento.
High voltage towers block the view from the apartment.

control tower

(aeropuerto: control de tráfico)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La torre de control da la salida a los aviones.
The control tower directs the aircraft's departures.

cooling tower

(estructura industrial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

computer tower

(aparato de informática)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Esta torre de ordenador fue diseñada especialmente para trabajos gráficos.
This computer tower was designed especially for computer graphics work.

stone tower

(defensa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Las torres de piedra son comunes en los castillos.
Stone towers are common in castles.

oil derrick

(que extrae petróleo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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