Usage Note
Toalla covers bath towels, beach towels, and kitchen towels; a hand towel is toalla de manos and a paper towel is toalla de papel. The idiom tirar la toalla ('to throw in the towel') is used identically to English to mean to give up.
Examples
"Cogí una toalla limpia del armario."
Natural Translation
I took a clean towel from the cupboard.
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