torta
English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish torta, from Latin turta, thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”). Doublet of torte and tart.
Noun[edit]
torta (plural tortas)
- (US) A sandwich, served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from Mexican cuisine
- A Philippine omelette of ground meat and potatoes.
- A flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
torta
Noun[edit]
torta f (plural tortes)
- twisting
- Synonym: torsió
- turn, bend
- Simulava que estava borratxo i marxava fent tortes cap a casa.
- He pretended he was drunk and went off towards home making twists and turns.
- a circuitous route, a roundabout way
- Synonym: marrada
- (archaic) torch
- Synonym: torxa
Further reading[edit]
- “torta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
torta f (plural tortas)
Further reading[edit]
- “torta” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian torta.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
torta (plural torták)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | torta | torták |
accusative | tortát | tortákat |
dative | tortának | tortáknak |
instrumental | tortával | tortákkal |
causal-final | tortáért | tortákért |
translative | tortává | tortákká |
terminative | tortáig | tortákig |
essive-formal | tortaként | tortákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | tortában | tortákban |
superessive | tortán | tortákon |
adessive | tortánál | tortáknál |
illative | tortába | tortákba |
sublative | tortára | tortákra |
allative | tortához | tortákhoz |
elative | tortából | tortákból |
delative | tortáról | tortákról |
ablative | tortától | tortáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
tortáé | tortáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
tortáéi | tortákéi |
Possessive forms of torta | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | tortám | tortáim |
2nd person sing. | tortád | tortáid |
3rd person sing. | tortája | tortái |
1st person plural | tortánk | tortáink |
2nd person plural | tortátok | tortáitok |
3rd person plural | tortájuk | tortáik |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ torta in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading[edit]
- torta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Interlingua[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin torta, from the expression torta pānis f sg (literally “a twist of bread”), from the feminine of the adjective tortus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
torta (plural tortas)
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”), which yielded tòrta in Italian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
torta f (plural torte)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → German: Torte, Tarte; Turte
- → Turkish: turta
Etymology 2[edit]
Back-formation from torto, past participle of torcere (“to twist”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
torta f (plural torte)
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
torta f sg
Adjective[edit]
torta f sg
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From torta pānis f sg (literally “a roll of bread”); either from the feminine of Latin tortus (“twisted, folded over”) that describes the form of the bread (torta [forma]), or from Latin turta (“type of pastry”).
Noun[edit]
torta f (genitive tortae); first declension
- (Late Latin) roll of bread (usually made with unsifted flour)
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | torta | tortae |
Genitive | tortae | tortārum |
Dative | tortae | tortīs |
Accusative | tortam | tortās |
Ablative | tortā | tortīs |
Vocative | torta | tortae |
Participle[edit]
torta
- inflection of tortus:
Participle[edit]
tortā
References[edit]
- “torta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- torta 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)
Piedmontese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
torta f (plural torte)
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: tor‧ta
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin torta, feminine of tortus.
Adjective[edit]
torta
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”).
Noun[edit]
torta f (plural tortas)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tȏrta f (Cyrillic spelling то̑рта)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- "torta" in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”), which actually yielded tuerta in Spanish.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
torta f (plural tortas)
- (Latin America) cake
- Synonym: pastel
- tart, pie
- (Mexico, Guatemala) sandwich on a roll
- Synonyms: bocadillo, emparedado, sándwich
- (Spain) flatbread
- (Spain, colloquial) slap in the face, cuff on the ear
- (colloquial) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory, Rioplatense) dyke, lez (a lesbian)
Derived terms[edit]
- torta de cumpleaños
- torta de queso (“cheesecake”) (Venezuela)
- torta marmolada
- tortazo
- tortear
- tortera
- tortero
- tortilla
- tortita
- zampatortas
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: torta
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “torta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Cognate with synonymous Norwegian turt, tort, turta, torta, turte, torte, Danish turt.
Noun[edit]
torta c
Declension[edit]
Declension of torta | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | torta | tortan | tortor | tortorna |
Genitive | tortas | tortans | tortors | tortornas |
Further reading[edit]
- torta in Svensk ordbok.
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish torta (“cake”). Compare Cebuano torta (“cupcake”) and English tart.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
torta (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜆ)
- torta (a type of egg omelette with various ingredients, especially eggplant)
Derived terms[edit]
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See also[edit]
Veps[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the noun torv.
Verb[edit]
torta
- to blow (trumpet, horn, etc.)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of torta (inflection type 9/kogota) | |||
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1st infinitive | torta | ||
present indic. | tordab | ||
past indic. | torzi | ||
present indicative |
past indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | tordan | torzin | — |
2nd singular | tordad | torzid | torda |
3rd singular | tordab | torzi | torkaha |
1st plural | tordam | torzim | torkam |
2nd plural | tordat | torzit | torkat |
3rd plural | tortas tordaba |
torziba | torkaha |
sing. conneg.1 | torda | tordand | torda |
plur. conneg. | torkoi | tornugoi | torkoi |
present conditional |
past conditional |
potential | |
1st singular | tordaižin | tornuižin | tornen |
2nd singular | tordaižid | tornuižid | torned |
3rd singular | tordaiži | tornuiži | torneb |
1st plural | tordaižim | tornuižim | tornem |
2nd plural | tordaižit | tornuižit | tornet |
3rd plural | tordaižiba | tornuižiba | torneba |
connegative | tordaiži | tornuiži | torne |
non-finite forms | |||
1st infinitive | torta | ||
2nd infinitive | 3rd infinitive | ||
inessive | tortes | inessive | tormas |
instructive | torten | illative | tormaha |
participles | elative | tormaspäi | |
present active | tordai | adessive | tormal |
past active | tornu | abessive | tormat |
past passive | tortud |
References[edit]
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “трубить”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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