torturar

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

tourmenter

torturer

tenailler

torture

faire souffrir

agoniser

être au supplice

Synonymes

atormentar

supliciar

mortificar

tortuar

Traductions

quälen

torment

martelen

torturar

peinigen

torturar

foltern

torture

torturare

folteren

βασανίζω

excruciate

turmentar

kwellen

eziyet etmek

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/toʁ.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From tortura (“torture”) + -ar, from Latin tortūra (“twisting; torture”), from torqueō (“to twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”).