tortura

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine) torture (intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony)
2. (feminine, figuratively) a difficult situation

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of torturar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of torturar:

torturar

1. to torture (to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims)
2. (figuratively) to cause angst

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Sinonieme

tormento

martírio

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agonia

suplício

mortificação

Tortura

Vertalings

torture

torture

tortura

Folter

tortura

tortura

torment

foltering

işkence

tormento

marteling

tormento

Qual

pain

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/toʁˈtu.ɾɐ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Latyn: tortus

In summary

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