toro

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Japanese 灯籠. ==== Noun ==== toro (plural toros or toro) A traditional Japanese lantern. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Māori. ==== Noun ==== toro Rapanea salicina, a species of shrub or small tree native to New Zealand. === Etymology 3 === Japanese トロ ==== Noun ==== toro (uncountable) The fatty meat of tuna served as sushi or sashimi. === Anagrams === Root, Toor, root, roto, roto-, troo == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Catalan toro, from Latin taurus. Directly inherited from Latin, despite the final vowel. Cognate with Occitan taur. Old Catalan also had a form taur, which was borrowed from Latin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ˈtɔ.ɾu] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɔ.ɾo] === Noun === toro m (plural toros) bull bittern (colloquial) forklift ==== Derived terms ==== torejar toro mecànic === References === === Further reading === “toro”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “toro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “toro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. == Central Bikol == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish toro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoɾo/ [ˈto.ɾo] Hyphenation: to‧ro === Noun === tóro (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜍᜓ) bull Synonym: mangsad ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish toro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoɾo/, [ˈt̪o.ɾo] IPA(key): /ˈtoɾu/, [ˈt̪o.ɾu] (Ternateño) Hyphenation: to‧ro === Noun === toro bull == Esperanto == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin torus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoro/ Rhymes: -oro Syllabification: to‧ro === Noun === toro (accusative singular toron, plural toroj, accusative plural torojn) torus == Galician == === Etymology 1 === 13th century. Inherited from Latin torus, cognate with Spanish tuero. In the second meaning it is rather a learned borrowing from Latin from the same etymon. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈtoɾo̝/ ==== Noun ==== toro m (plural toros) tree trunk Synonym: tora tree round section Synonym: torada round slice of fish Synonym: roda ===== Derived terms ===== tora torada torar ==== Noun ==== toro m (plural toros) (architecture, geometry) torus ==== References ==== Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “toro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “toro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “toro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “toro (xeral)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “toro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== toro first-person singular present indicative of torar == Hiligaynon == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish toro. === Noun === tóro bull, ox == Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from English torus, French tore, German Torus, Italian toro, Russian торус (torus), ultimately from Latin torus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoro/ === Noun === toro (plural tori) (geometry, architecture) torus == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.ro/ Rhymes: -ɔro Hyphenation: tò‧ro === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Classical Latin taurus, from Proto-Italic *tauros, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Doublet of tauro, which is a learned borrowing. ==== Noun ==== toro m (plural tori) bull (uncastrated adult male bovine) Hypernym: bovino (figurative) bull (large, strong man; also, a virile man) (astronomy) alternative letter-case form of Toro: Taurus (constellation of the Zodiac) (astrology) alternative letter-case form of Toro: Taurus (Zodiac sign) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === Semantic loan from English bull. ==== Noun ==== toro m (plural tori) (finance, uncommon) bull (investor who buys in anticipation of a rise in prices) Synonym: rialzista Antonyms: orso, ribassista Hypernym: investitore === Etymology 3 === Learned borrowing from Classical Latin torus. ==== Noun ==== toro m (plural tori) (architecture) torus Hypernym: modanatura Holonym: colonna (mathematics, geometry) torus Hypernyms: superficie, solido (botany) torus, receptacle Synonym: ricettacolo Holonym: peduncolo (botany) torus (thickening of a membrane closing a wood-cell pit) Holonym: xilema (literary, law, obsolete) marriage bed Synonym: talamo (loosely, rare) bed Synonym: letto (figurative, rare) bed of torment (law, obsolete) right to marital fidelity ===== Derived terms ===== toroide ===== Related terms ===== ===== See also ===== === Etymology 4 === Back-formation from torio (“thorium”) ==== Noun ==== toro m (plural tori) (physics, uncountable) thoron (Radon-220, an isotope of radon) === References === toro1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana toro2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana toro3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana “toro”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 21 toi–z, UTET, 2002, page 62 === Anagrams === orto, orto-, roto, rotò == Japanese == === Romanization === toro Rōmaji transcription of とろ == Karitiâna == === Noun === toro otter == Kikuyu == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔ̀ɾɔ̌ꜜ/ As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a disyllabic stem, together with mũgwacĩ, nyamũ, and so on. (Kiambu) (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on. === Noun === toro class 14 (plural matoro) sleep === References === == Latin == === Noun === torō dative/ablative singular of torus === References === "toro", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Malagasy == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuzuq. === Verb === toro to show to point out, indicate ==== Related terms ==== == Mansaka == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu. === Numeral === toro three == Māori == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoro/ [ˈtɔɾɔ] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian *dolo from Proto-Oceanic *dolo (“to crawl along the ground” – compare with Rarotongan toro, Tahitian toro, Samoan tolo, Tongan tolo) ==== Verb ==== toro (passive toroa or torohia or torona)(transitive) to stretch out, to extend to creep, to crawl to visit, to call on to scout out, to reconnoitre, to probe to forage ==== Noun ==== toro extension scout probe ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== toro toro (Myrsine salicina, a small native New Zealand tree. ===== Derived terms ===== akatorotoro toropapa === Etymology 3 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Numeral ==== toro alternative form of toru === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kupu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 514 “toro” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === From Latin torus. ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: to‧ro ==== Noun ==== toro m (plural toros) tree ring torus (three dimensional shape) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== toro first-person singular present indicative of torar === Further reading === “toro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “toro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish toro, from Latin taurus, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. === Noun === toro (plural ndoro) bull === References === Stewart, Cloyd; Stewart, Ruth D.; colaboradores amuzgos (2000), Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎[3] (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN == Sora == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoːroː/ === Verb === toro to groan, to mewl ==== Derived terms ==== torod ("moan during sleep") torodum ("unconsciously words during sleep whimper") === References === Ramamurti, R. S. (1933). Sora–English Dictionary. Delhi: Mittal Publication. == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoɾo/ [ˈt̪o.ɾo] Rhymes: -oɾo Syllabification: to‧ro === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin taurus (compare Italian toro, Portuguese touro, Romanian taur), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros. Doublet of Tauro. ==== Noun ==== toro m (plural toros) bull ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Navajo: dóola → Northern Tepehuan: tuúru → San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: toro → Southeastern Tepehuan: tuur → Taos: tùluʼúna → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: turo === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin torus (“swelling, bulge, cushion”). Doublet of the inherited tuero. ==== Noun ==== toro m (plural toros) (geometry, architecture) torus ===== See also ===== Toro (geometría) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es Toro (arquitectura) on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== toro m (plural toros) (colloquial) forklift, lift truck, jitney, fork truck (a small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved) Synonyms: carretilla, carretilla elevadora, grúa horquilla, montacargas === Further reading === “toro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === orto, otro, roto == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish toro, from Latin taurus. Doublet of Tawro. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtoɾo/ [ˈt̪oː.ɾo] Rhymes: -oɾo Syllabification: to‧ro === Noun === toro (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜇᜓ) bull (slang, dated) stud; hunk; macho man (slang, dated) penis Synonyms: uten, titi (slang, dated) live sex show; pay-per-view sex ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “toro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 145 == Tahitian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *dolo from Proto-Oceanic *dolo (“to crawl along the ground” – compare with Māori toro, Rarotongan toro, Samoan tolo, Tongan tolo) === Verb === toro to stretch out, to extend ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎[4] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN “toro” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy. == Votic == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *toro. === Pronunciation === (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈtoro/, [ˈtoro] (Jõgõperä) IPA(key): /ˈtoro/, [ˈtoro] Rhymes: -oro Hyphenation: to‧ro === Noun === toro pipe, tube ==== Inflection ==== === References === Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “toro”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[5], 2nd edition, Tallinn == West Makian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt̪o.r̪o/ === Verb === toro (intransitive) to sit ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[6], Pacific linguistics == Yoruba == === Etymology === From tò (“to arrange; to align”) +‎ rò === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tò.ɾò/ === Verb === tòrò to be settled, to be at peace Synonym: rójú