What does toro in Spanish mean?

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

The word toro in Spanish means bull, fighting Bull, forklift, bullfight, dedicate a bull, musk ox, take the bull by the horns, daydream, be running out of time, size up, test the water, put the feelers out. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word toro

bull

nombre masculino (Bos taurus)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Trajeron un toro a la vaquería para fecundar a las vacas lecheras.
They brought a bull to the farm to impregnate the dairy cows.

fighting Bull

nombre masculino (toro de lidia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los toros de lidia son especímenes macho usados en las corridas de toros.
Fighting bulls are a male species used for bullfighting.

forklift

nombre masculino (máquina para cargar paquetes)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cogió el toro y cargó las cajas en las horquillas para subirlas al camión.
He grabbed the forklift and loaded the boxes with the forks to put them on the truck.

bullfight

nombre masculino plural (corrida taurina)

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

dedicate a bull

locución verbal (tauromaquia: rito) (bullfighting)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
El torero brindó un toro al presidente del club.
The bullfighter dedicated a bull to the club's president.

musk ox

nombre masculino (mamífero: Ovibos moschatus)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Los bueyes almizcleros pertenecen a la familia de las cabras y no a la de los bovinos.

take the bull by the horns

locución verbal (coloquial, España (encarar difcultades)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

daydream

locución verbal (CR, coloquial (estar distraído)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Casi lo atropellan al cruzar la calle por estar pensando en los huevos del toro.

be running out of time

locución verbal (coloquial (con el tiempo encima)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Démonos prisa, que nos pilla el toro.

size up

locución verbal (tauromaquia: juzgar)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")

test the water, put the feelers out

locución verbal (coloquial, figurado (analizar, probar) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

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