torrente

See also: Torrente

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin torrentem, accusative form of torrēns (“rushing”, “torrential”) (originally “scorching", then "powerful", "strengthful", "forceful"), present active participle of torreō (“to scorch, burn, parch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈrɛnte/ [t̪oˈrɛn̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
• IPA^(key): /toˈrente/ [t̪oˈren̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: to‧rren‧te

Noun

torrente f (plural torrentes)

1. stream, creek, torrent

Derived terms

• Torrente

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “torrente”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “torrente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Further reading

• “torrente”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “torrente”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin torrentem, accusative form of torrēns (“rushing”, “torrential”) (originally “scorching", then "powerful", "strengthful", "forceful"), present active participle of torreō (“to scorch, burn, parch”), from Proto-Italic *torzeō, causative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ters- (“dry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torˈrɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: tor‧rèn‧te

Noun

torrente m (plural torrenti, diminutive torrentèllo, pejorative torrentàccio)

1. stream, creek, torrent

Derived terms

• torrentizio
• torrenziale

Descendants

• → French: torrent
  • → English: torrent
  • → Romanian: torent

Further reading

• torrente in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• torrente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

torrente

1. ablative singular of torrēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin torrentem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ẽti

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈʁẽ.t͡ʃi/ [toˈhẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈʁẽ.t͡ʃi/ [toˈhẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toˈʁẽ.t͡ʃi/ [toˈχẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈʁẽ.te/ [toˈhẽ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈʁẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: tor‧ren‧te

Noun

torrente f (plural torrentes)

1. torrent (violent flow of liquid)
2. (figurative) torrent (large amount or stream of something)

Related terms

• torrencial

Further reading

• “torrente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “torrente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “torrente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin torrentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈrente/ [t̪oˈrẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: to‧rren‧te

Noun

torrente m (plural torrentes)

1. torrent
2. stream
3. flood

Derived terms

• pato de torrente
• torrente sanguíneo

Related terms

• torrencial

Further reading

• “torrente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025