What Does torrent Mean
The Latin word torrens came to our language like a torrent . The concept is often used in reference to water that flows naturally naturally due to melting or precipitation.
The torrents, in this sense, are formed in mountainous regions or with unevenness. By descending from the upper sectors, they erode the terrain through which they advance. The torrent is formed by the drainage channel, the reception basin and the alluvial fan.
In biology and medicine , blood flow is called a stream . When the blood moves through the vessels and runs through the circulatory system, therefore, it can be called the bloodstream.
For colloquial language, a torrent is a heap of things, situations or individuals. For example: "The first days of each year a torrent of tourists comes to town to enjoy the beaches" , "The shopping centers were collapsed by the torrent of buyers willing to take advantage of the offers" , "A torrent of children filled the theater" .
Torrente is also a common surname in Spain and in some Latin American countries . One of the personalities with this surname is Gonzalo Torrente Ballester , a Spanish writer born in 1910 and died in 1999 .
This author has become a key piece of literature in Castilian of all time, as certified by some of the important recognitions he received, such as the National Narrative Award, the Cervantes Award and even the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. , among others. And those came to him thanks to works of great value such as the trilogy "The joys and the shadows" (1957 - 1962), "Chronicle of the stunned king" (1989) or the theatrical work "The journey of the young Tobías" (1938).
In the field of fiction, the character José Luis Torrente is very popular , created and played by Santiago Segura and the protagonist of a saga of five comic films.
In 1998 was when the premiere of the first film of the saga, "Torrente, the stupid arm of the law" was held, and it was a success since the protagonist is a man who does not leave indifferent. He is a macho policeman, with racist and xenophobic ideas, very dirty, always fully involved in shady matters, who is a disaster at his job and who is willing to break the law in order to achieve his purposes, which he considers fair.
Its creator recognizes that to give shape to this unique character, always surrounded by individuals from the darkest and most criminal social spheres, he was inspired by a myriad of figures, real or fictional, from which he took nuances to configure him. Specifically, we are referring to Inspector Clouseau, Paco Martínez Soria or Antonio Ozores, Chiquito de la Calzada, Groucho Marx, Orson Welles and even Hommer Simpson, among others.
The city Spanish of Torrente , finally, is located in Valencia and has more than 80,000 inhabitants according to the demographics of 2014 .