tortura

See also: torturá, torturà, and tortură

Asturian

Etymology 1

From Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from torqueō.

Noun

tortura f (plural tortures)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)

Derived terms

• torturar

Etymology 2

Verb

(deprecated template usage) tortura

1. third-person singular present indicative of torturar
2. second-person singular imperative of torturar

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Basque

Noun

tortura ?

1. torture

Declension

Declension of tortura (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	tortura	tortura	torturak
ergative	torturak	torturak	torturek
dative	torturari	torturari	torturei
genitive	torturaren	torturaren	torturen
comitative	torturarekin	torturarekin	torturekin
causative	torturarengatik	torturarengatik	torturengatik
benefactive	torturarentzat	torturarentzat	torturentzat
instrumental	torturaz	torturaz	torturez
inessive	torturatan	torturan	torturetan
locative	torturatako	torturako	torturetako
allative	torturatara	torturara	torturetara
terminative	torturataraino	torturaraino	torturetaraino
directive	torturatarantz	torturarantz	torturetarantz
destinative	torturatarako	torturarako	torturetarako
ablative	torturatatik	torturatik	torturetatik
partitive	torturarik	—	—
prolative	torturatzat	—	—

Related terms

• torturatu
• torturatzaile

 

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [turˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [toɾˈtu.ɾa]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin tortūra, a noun ultimately on torqueō (“twist”).

Noun

tortura f (plural tortures)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)

Derived terms

• torturar

Related terms

• tòrcer
• tort

 

Etymology 2

Verb

tortura

Further reading

• “tortura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tortura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “tortura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tortura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Czech

Etymology

From Latin torquere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtortura]
• Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ra

Noun

tortura f

1. torture

   Synonym: mučení

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

tortura

1. third-person singular past historic of torturer

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Galician

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”).

Noun

tortura f (plural torturas)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)

Derived terms

• torturar

Further reading

• “tortura”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: tor‧tù‧ra

Etymology 1

From Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, passive perfect participle of torqueō.

Noun

tortura f (plural torture)

1. (obsolete) the act of bending or twisting

   Synonyms: torcimento, torcitura

2. torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)
3. (figurative) torment

   Synonym: tormento

Derived terms

• torturare

Related terms

• torcere
• torto

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tortura

1. inflection of torturare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• tortura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• rottura

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Latin

Etymology

From torqueō (“twist; torture”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /torˈtuː.ra/, [t̪ɔrˈt̪uːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /torˈtu.ra/, [t̪orˈt̪uːrä]

Noun

tortūra f (genitive tortūrae); first declension

1. a twisting, wreathing
2. torture, torment

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tortūra	tortūrae
Genitive	tortūrae	tortūrārum
Dative	tortūrae	tortūrīs
Accusative	tortūram	tortūrās
Ablative	tortūrā	tortūrīs
Vocative	tortūra	tortūrae

Related terms

• tortē
• tortilis
• tortiō
• tortīvus
• tortō
• tortor
• tortuōsus

 

Descendants

• Asturian: tortura
• Catalan: tortura
• Danish: tortur
• Friulian: torture
• Galician: tortura
• Italian: tortura
• Norwegian: tortur
• Occitan: tortura
• Old French: torture
  • → English: torture
  • French: torture
• Portuguese: tortura
• Romanian: tortură
• Sicilian: turtura
• Spanish: tortura
• Swedish: tortyr
• Venetan: tortura

References

• “tortura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tortura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus.

Noun

tortura f

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)

Declension

Declension of tortura

	singular	plural
nominative	tortura	tortury
genitive	tortury	tortur
dative	torturze	torturom
accusative	torturę	tortury
instrumental	torturą	torturami
locative	torturze	torturach
vocative	torturo	tortury

Derived terms

adjective

• torturowy

 

verb

• torturować

 

Further reading

• tortura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tortura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁˈtu.ɾɐ/ [tohˈtu.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁˈtu.ɾɐ/ [tohˈtu.ɾɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /toɾˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toʁˈtu.ɾɐ/ [toχˈtu.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toɻˈtu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾˈtu.ɾɐ/

• IPA^(key): /toɻ.ˈtu.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ra
• Rhymes: -uɾɐ

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tortura f (plural torturas)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony)

   Synonyms: suplício, tormento

2. (figurative) a difficult situation

Derived terms

• torturar

Related terms

• torcer
• torto

 

Etymology 2

Verb

tortura

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Further reading

• “tortura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French torturer, Italian torturare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tor.tuˈra/

Verb

a tortura (third-person singular present torturează, past participle torturat) 1st conj.

1. to torture

   Synonym: chinui

Conjugation

    conjugation of tortura (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a tortura
gerund			torturând
past participle			torturat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	torturez	torturezi	torturează	torturăm	torturați	torturează
	imperfect	torturam	torturai	tortura	torturam	torturați	torturau
	simple perfect	torturai	torturași	tortură	torturarăm	torturarăți	torturară
	pluperfect	torturasem	torturaseși	torturase	torturaserăm	torturaserăți	torturaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să torturez	să torturezi	să tortureze	să torturăm	să torturați	să tortureze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		torturează			torturați
	negative		nu tortura			nu torturați

Related terms

• tortură

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torˈtu.ra/

Noun

tortura f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of tortură

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tortura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tortǔːra/
• Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ra

Noun

tortúra f (Cyrillic spelling торту́ра)

1. torture

Declension

Declension of tortura

	singular	plural
nominative	tortura	torture
genitive	torture	tortura
dative	torturi	torturama
accusative	torturu	torture
vocative	torturo	torture
locative	torturi	torturama
instrumental	torturom	torturama

References

• “tortura”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈtuɾa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪u.ɾa]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from torqueō.

Noun

tortura f (plural torturas)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony)

Derived terms

• torturar

Related terms

• torcer
• tuerto

 

Etymology 2

Verb

tortura

1. inflection of torturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tortura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014