Feminine
torta
Meaning
- (feminine) tart, pie
- (South-America, feminine) cake
- (Guatemala, Mexico, feminine) sandwich on a roll
- (Spain, feminine) flatbread
- (Spain, colloquial, feminine) slap in the face, cuff on the ear
- (colloquial, feminine) drunkenness
- (Rioplatense, colloquial, derogatory, feminine, sometimes) dyke, lez (a lesbian)
Concepts
flapcake
flannel-cake
clap round the ears
Synonyms
sandwich
cush seco
pastel de té
teacake
mantecada
tortuga(s)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
tor‧ta
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtoɾta/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”), which actually yielded tuerta in Spanish.
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