torrar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tuˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [toˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [toˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

torrar (first-person singular present torro, first-person singular preterite torrí, past participle torrat)

1. to toast

Derived terms

• torradora

Further reading

• “torrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Etymology

15th century. From Latin torrere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈraɾ/

Verb

1. to roast; to toast
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 129:

     Para esto ual o ouo torrado ataa que se faça duro et depois tollelle a casca et faz tal como bollo

     For this you must use egg, roasted [cooked, boiled] till its hard; remove then the shell and make a roll with it

2. to scorch or burn because of heat or cold
3. (figurative) to tan; to sunburn

Derived terms

• torrada
• Torrado

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “torra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
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• “torrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Verb

1. (cooking, transitive) to roast; to toast (to cook food so that it is dry and crisp)
2. (transitive) to roast; to torrefy (to subject to intense heat)
3. (intransitive) to roast; to torrefy (to be subject to intense heat)
4. (colloquial, transitive) to spend or do away with something quickly, especially money

Synonyms

• (to roast food): tostar
• (to do away with something quickly): liquidar

Derived terms

• torrada

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Spanish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Latin torrere, whence English toast and torrent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈraɾ/ [t̪oˈraɾ]

Verb

1. (cooking) to toast
2. to toast, roast (become unbearably hot)

Synonyms

• tostar

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001