tortura
Asturian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from torqueō.
Noun edit
tortura f (plural tortures)
- torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
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tortura
Basque edit
Noun edit
tortura ?
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | tortura | tortura | torturak |
ergative | torturak | torturak | torturek |
dative | torturari | torturari | torturei |
genitive | torturaren | torturaren | torturen |
comitative | torturarekin | torturarekin | torturekin |
causative | torturarengatik | torturarengatik | torturengatik |
benefactive | torturarentzat | torturarentzat | torturentzat |
instrumental | torturaz | torturaz | torturez |
inessive | torturatan | torturan | torturetan |
locative | torturatako | torturako | torturetako |
allative | torturatara | torturara | torturetara |
terminative | torturataraino | torturaraino | torturetaraino |
directive | torturatarantz | torturarantz | torturetarantz |
destinative | torturatarako | torturarako | torturetarako |
ablative | torturatatik | torturatik | torturetatik |
partitive | torturarik | — | — |
prolative | torturatzat | — | — |
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Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Late Latin tortūra, a noun ultimately on torqueō (“twist”).
Noun edit
tortura f (plural tortures)
- torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
tortura
- inflection of torturar:
Further reading edit
- “tortura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tortura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tortura f
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French edit
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Audio (file)
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tortura
- third-person singular past historic of torturer
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin tortūra (“twisting; torture”), from Latin tortus, from torqueō (“I twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”).
Noun edit
tortura f (plural torturas)
- torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tortura” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
tortura
- inflection of torturar:
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, passive perfect participle of torqueō.
Noun edit
tortura f (plural torture)
- (obsolete) the act of bending or twisting
- Synonyms: torcimento, torcitura
- torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)
- (figurative) torment
- Synonym: tormento
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
tortura
- inflection of torturare:
Further reading edit
- tortura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From torqueō (“twist; torture”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /torˈtuː.ra/, [t̪ɔrˈt̪uːrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /torˈtu.ra/, [t̪orˈt̪uːrä]
Noun edit
tortūra f (genitive tortūrae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | tortūra | tortūrae |
Genitive | tortūrae | tortūrārum |
Dative | tortūrae | tortūrīs |
Accusative | tortūram | tortūrās |
Ablative | tortūrā | tortūrīs |
Vocative | tortūra | tortūrae |
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “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)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tortura f
- torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)
Declension edit
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Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -uɾɐ
- Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ra
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin tortūra (“twisting; torture”), from Latin tortus, from torqueō (“to twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”).
Noun edit
tortura f (plural torturas)
- torture (intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony)
- (figurative) a difficult situation
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
tortura
- inflection of torturar:
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French torturer, Italian torturare.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
a tortura (third-person singular present torturează, past participle torturat) 1st conj.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | a tortura | ||||||
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gerund | torturând | ||||||
past participle | torturat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | torturez | torturezi | torturează | torturăm | torturați | torturează | |
imperfect | torturam | torturai | tortura | torturam | torturați | torturau | |
simple perfect | torturai | torturași | tortură | torturarăm | torturarăți | torturară | |
pluperfect | torturasem | torturaseși | torturase | torturaserăm | torturaserăți | torturaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să torturez | să torturezi | să tortureze | să torturăm | să torturați | să tortureze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | torturează | torturați | |||||
negative | nu tortura | nu torturați |
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
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tortura f
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin tortura.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tortúra f (Cyrillic spelling торту́ра)
Declension edit
References edit
- “tortura” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from torqueō.
Noun edit
tortura f (plural torturas)
- torture (intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
tortura
- inflection of torturar:
Further reading edit
- “tortura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014