Meanings
plural Torreses
- A topographic surname from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Towers of Spanish and Portuguese origin.
Ryan Kohnke attended the parade with his two daughters to see his 11-year-old niece Jessalyn Torres dance. But Kohnke compared what he saw to his days of combat service in Iraq, calling it “a war zone.”
2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old boy, a loving grandmother and a woman excited to make her debut in the Dancing Grannies”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022
Origin
- Latinturris
- Spanishtorres
- Portuguesetorres
- SpanishTorres
- PortugueseTorres
- Romance
- EnglishTorres
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.
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Chinese Mandarin 托雷斯, 托利斯
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Cite this entry
Torres. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Torres
“Torres.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Torres. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Torres,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Torres.
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