tortas
English
Noun
tortas
- plural of torta
Anagrams
Interlingua
Noun
tortas
- plural of torta
Latin
Participle
tortās
- accusative feminine plural of tortus
Lithuanian
Etymology
Borrowed from other European languages, ultimately from Italian torta (“cake”), from Latin tortus (“twisted, folded over”).
Noun
tòrtas m (plural tòrtai) stress pattern 1
- torte, cake
- torto gabalėlis ― slice of cake
- šokoladinis tortas ― chocolate cake
- gimtadienio tortas ― birthday cake
Usage notes
Usage is similar to Russian торт (tort).
- tortas is a multi-layered, large cake (e.g., a wedding cake)
- keksas is a pound cake, or bundt cake
- pyragas is a pie or pirog, which can also be savory
- pyragaitis is a small cake, i.e., petit four
- biskvitas is a sponge cake
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | tòrtas | tòrtai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | tòrto | tòrtų |
| dative (naudininkas) | tòrtui | tòrtams |
| accusative (galininkas) | tòrtą | tòrtus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | tòrtu | tòrtais |
| locative (vietininkas) | tòrte | tòrtuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | tòrte | tòrtai |
Further reading
- “tortas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “tortas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɔʁ.tɐs/ [ˈtɔh.tɐs]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɾ.tɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈtɔʁ.tɐʃ/ [ˈtɔχ.tɐʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɻ.tas/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɾ.tɐʃ/
- Hyphenation: tor‧tas
Adjective
tortas
- feminine plural of torto
Noun
tortas
- plural of torta
Spanish
Noun
tortas
- plural of torta