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

Ler máis

Sinónimos

tormento

martírio

dor

agonia

suplício

mortificação

Tortura

Traducións

torture

torture

tortura

Folter

tortura

tortura

torment

foltering

işkence

tormento

marteling

tormento

Qual

pain

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/toʁˈtu.ɾɐ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado 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”).