torturar

Meaning

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

Concepts

torment

torture

excruciate

rack

agonize

tantalize

harass

bully

distress

agonise

tantalise

Synonyms

atormentar

supliciar

mortificar

tortuar

Translations

martelen

quälen

tourmenter

torturer

torturar

torturar

peinigen

torturare

foltern

kwellen

βασανίζω

eziyet etmek

folteren

turmentar

martern

Pronounced as (IPA)

/toʁ.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/

Etymology

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