torre

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torrar

(transitive) to roast; to toast (to cook food so that it is dry and crisp)
(transitive) to roast; to torrefy (to subject to intense heat)
(intransitive) to roast; to torrefy (to be subject to intense heat)
(colloquial, transitive) to spend or do away with something quickly, especially money

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/ˈto.ʁi/

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese torre (“tower”), from Latin turrem (“tower”), from Ancient Greek τύρσις (túrsis, “tower, bastion”). Cognate with Galician, Spanish, Catalan, Occitan, and Italian torre and French tour.