tortura

From Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from torqueō.

tortura f (plural tortures)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)

• torturar

tortura

1. third-person singular present indicative of torturar
2. second-person singular imperative of torturar

tortura ?

1. torture

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [turˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [toɾˈtu.ɾa]

Borrowed from Late Latin tortūra, a noun ultimately on torqueō (“twist”).

tortura f (plural tortures)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)

   Synonym: suplici

• torturar

tortura

1. inflection of torturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “tortura”, 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
• “tortura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “tortura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tortura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin torquere.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtortura]
• Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ra

tortura f

1. torture

   Synonym: mučení

• “tortura”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “tortura”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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tortura

1. third-person singular past historic of torturer

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin tortūra (“twisting; torture”), from Latin tortus, from torqueō (“I twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”).

tortura f (plural torturas)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)

• torturar

• “tortura”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

tortura

1. inflection of torturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /torˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: tor‧tù‧ra

From Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, passive perfect participle of torqueō.

tortura f (plural torture)

1. (obsolete) the act of bending or twisting

   Synonyms: torcimento, torcitura

2. torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)
3. (figurative) torment

   Synonym: tormento

• torturare

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tortura

1. inflection of torturare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• tortura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• rottura

From torqueō (“twist; torture”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [tɔrˈtuː.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t̪orˈt̪uː.ra]

tortūra f (genitive tortūrae); first declension

1. a twisting, wreathing
2. torture, torment

First-declension noun.

• “tortura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "tortura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Borrowed from French torture.

• IPA^(key): /tɔrˈtu.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: tor‧tu‧ra

tortura f (related adjective torturowy or torturalny)

1. torture (severe pain or anguish, of mind or body)

   Synonym: cierpienie

2. (chiefly in the plural) torture (infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish)

   Synonyms: kaźń, męczarnia, męki

• tortura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tortura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• tortury in PWN's encyclopedia

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ra

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin tortūra (“twisting; torture”), from Latin tortus, from torqueō (“to twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”).

tortura f (plural torturas)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony)

   Synonyms: suplício, tormento

2. (figurative) a difficult situation

• torturar

tortura

1. inflection of torturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “tortura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French torturer, Italian torturare.

• IPA^(key): /tor.tuˈra/

a tortura (third-person singular present torturează, past participle torturat) 1st conjugation

1. to torture

   Synonym: chinui

• tortură

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /torˈtu.ra/

tortura f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of tortură

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tortura.

• IPA^(key): /tortǔːra/
• Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ra

tortúra f (Cyrillic spelling торту́ра)

1. torture

• “tortura”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈtuɾa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: tor‧tu‧ra

Borrowed from Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from torqueō.

tortura f (plural torturas)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony)

tortura

1. inflection of torturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “tortura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024