torrente

See also: Torrente

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin torrentem, accusative form of torrēns (“rushing”, “torrential”) (originally “scorching", then "powerful", "strengthful", "forceful"), present active participle of torreō (“I scorch, burn, parch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈrɛnte̝/, /toˈrente̝/

Noun

torrente f (plural torrentes)

1. stream, creek, torrent

Derived terms

• Torrente

References

• “torrente” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “torrente” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Further reading

• “torrente” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin torrentem, accusative form of torrēns (“rushing”, “torrential”) (originally “scorching", then "powerful", "strengthful", "forceful"), present active participle of torreō (“to scorch, burn, parch”), from Proto-Italic *torzeō, causative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ters- (“dry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torˈrɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Syllabification: tor‧rèn‧te

Noun

torrente m (plural torrenti)

1. stream, creek, torrent

Derived terms

• torrentizio
• torrenziale

Descendants

• → French: torrent
  • → English: torrent
  • → Romanian: torent

Latin

Noun

torrente

1. ablative singular of torrēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin torrentem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈʁẽ.t͡ʃi/ [toˈhẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈʁẽ.t͡ʃi/ [toˈhẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toˈʁẽ.t͡ʃi/ [toˈχẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈʁẽ.te/ [toˈhẽ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈʁẽ.t(ɨ)/

• Hyphenation: tor‧ren‧te

Noun

torrente f (plural torrentes)

1. torrent (violent flow of liquid)
2. (figurative) torrent (large amount or stream of something)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin torrens, torrentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈrente/ [t̪oˈrẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: to‧rren‧te

Noun

torrente m (plural torrentes)

1. torrent
2. stream
3. flood

Derived terms

• torrente sanguíneo

Related terms

• torrencial

Further reading

• “torrente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014