torta

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See also: torță

English[edit]

A typical torta

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)

  1. (US) A sandwich, served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from Mexican cuisine
  2. A Philippine omelette of ground meat and potatoes.
  3. A flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.

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Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

torta

  1. feminine singular of tort

Noun[edit]

torta f (plural tortes)

  1. twisting
    Synonym: torsió
  2. 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.
  3. a circuitous route, a roundabout way
    Synonym: marrada
  4. (archaic) torch
    Synonym: torxa

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (twisted).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

torta f (plural tortas)

  1. tart
  2. pie

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Hungarian[edit]

torta (Őrség's Green Gold, The Cake of Hungary, 2016

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian torta.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈtortɒ]
  • Rhymes: -tɒ
  • Hyphenation: tor‧ta

Noun[edit]

torta (plural torták)

  1. torte, cake, gateau (a dense dessert richly decorated and filled with cream or jam)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
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
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]

Compound words
Expressions

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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)

  1. cake

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (twisted), which yielded tòrta in Italian.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtor.ta/
  • Rhymes: -orta
  • Hyphenation: tór‧ta

Noun[edit]

torta f (plural torte)

  1. pie, tart, cake or similar
  2. (heraldry) roundel (of a tincture; see bisante)
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Etymology 2[edit]

Back-formation from torto, past participle of torcere (to twist).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

torta f (plural torte)

  1. (rare) the act of twisting
  2. (archaic) the result of twisting
    Synonyms: torcitura, piegatura

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Participle[edit]

torta f sg

  1. feminine singular of torto

Adjective[edit]

torta f sg

  1. feminine singular of torto

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

  1. (Late Latin) roll of bread (usually made with unsifted flour)
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Chronicles 16:3:
      tortam panis et partem assae carnis bubulae et frixam oleo similam

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

  1. inflection of tortus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle[edit]

tortā

  1. ablative feminine singular of tortus

References[edit]

Piedmontese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

torta f (plural torte)

  1. cake, tart, pie

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: tor‧ta

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin torta, feminine of tortus.

Adjective[edit]

torta

  1. feminine singular of torto
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)

  1. (Brazil) pie, tart
    Synonym: (Portugal) tarte
  2. (Portugal) Swiss roll
    Synonyms: (Brazil) garibáldi, (Brazil) rocambole

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Torte.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tôːrta/
  • Hyphenation: tor‧ta

Noun[edit]

tȏrta f (Cyrillic spelling то̑рта)

  1. cake

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]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoɾta/ [ˈt̪oɾ.t̪a]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾta
  • Syllabification: tor‧ta

Noun[edit]

torta f (plural tortas)

  1. (Latin America) cake
    Synonym: pastel
  2. tart, pie
  3. (Mexico, Guatemala) sandwich on a roll
    Synonyms: bocadillo, emparedado, sándwich
  4. (Spain) flatbread
  5. (Spain, colloquial) slap in the face, cuff on the ear
    Synonyms: bofetada, bofetón, cachetada, sopapo
  6. (colloquial) drunkenness
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
  7. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory, Rioplatense) dyke, lez (a lesbian)

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Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Cognate with synonymous Norwegian turt, tort, turta, torta, turte, torte, Danish turt.

Noun[edit]

torta c

  1. alpine sow-thistle (Cicerbita alpina)

Declension[edit]

Declension of torta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative torta tortan tortor tortorna
Genitive tortas tortans tortors tortornas

Further reading[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish torta (cake). Compare Cebuano torta (cupcake) and English tart.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: tor‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈtoɾta/, [ˈtoɾ.tɐ]

Noun[edit]

torta (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜆ)

  1. 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

  1. to blow (trumpet, horn, etc.)

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of torta (inflection type 9/kogota)
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