tortura

Meaning

Noun

torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)

Verb

1. (form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of torturar:
2. (form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of torturar:

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin tortūra (“twisting; torture”), from Latin tortus, from torqueō (“I twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”).

Sentences

E vin homes aleixados de por vida por mor desa tortura .

And I have seen men driven from life because of this torture.