tortura

Significado (Inglés)

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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Conceptos

tortura

tormento

suplicio

dolor

pena

mal

sufrimiento

calvario

Sinónimos

tormento

martírio

dor

agonia

suplício

mortificação

Tortura

Traducciones

torture

torture

Folter

tortura

tortura

torment

foltering

işkence

marteling

tormento

Qual

pain

Marter

βασανιστήρια

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/toʁˈtu.ɾɐ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de latín: 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”).