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{{also|torță}}
==English==

===Etymology 1===
[[File:TORTA DE HUEVO.jpg|thumb|A typical '''torta''']]

Borrowed from {{bor|en|es|torta}}, from {{der|en|la|turta}}, thought to derive from Latin {{m|la|tŏrta|t=twisted|g=f}}. {{doublet|en|torte}} and {{m|en|tart#Etymology 2|tart}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|US}} A [[sandwich]], served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from [[Mexican]] cuisine.
# A flat [[heap]] of [[moist]], [[crush]]ed [[silver]] [[ore]], prepared for the [[patio process]].

=====Related terms=====
{{col-auto|en|torta ahogada}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|tl|torta}}, from {{der|en|es|torta}}, from {{der|en|la|turta}}, thought to derive from Latin {{m|la|tŏrta|t=twisted|g=f}}. {{doublet|en|torte}} and {{m|en|tart#Etymology 2|tart}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[Philippine]] [[omelette]] of [[ground]] [[meat]] and [[potato]]es.

===Etymology 3===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|it|torta}}, from {{der|en|la|turta}}, thought to derive from Latin {{m|la|tŏrta|t=twisted|g=f}}. {{doublet|en|torte}} and {{m|en|tart#Etymology 2|tart}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# An [[Italian]] [[cake]].
#* {{quote-book|en|editor=Patricia Unterman|title=Best Restaurants of San Francisco: The San Francisco Chronicle Guide to Fine Dining|location=San Francisco, Calif.|publisher=w:Chronicle Books|year=1991|page=275|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/bestrestaurantso00unte/page/275/mode/1up|isbn=0-8118-0065-2|passage=They include fresh noodles, roasted chickens, savory Italian '''tortas''', ''caponata'' and other antipasti like roasted onions in balsamic vinegar, crusty walnut breads, biscotti, and fabulous Italian desserts.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=w:Gael Greene|title=Where the Boys Are|journal=w:[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=6 May 1996|page=92|column=1|passage=Perhaps there could be a smarter balsamic kick in the latte cotto custard, more oomph in the chocolate '''torta'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Donna Peck|title=Romantic Days and Nights in San Francisco: Intimate Escapes in the City by the Bay|publisher=w:Globe Pequot Press|year=1998|page=153|isbn=9780762702909|passage=Internationally popular from his cookbooks and television show, Middione fills the deli case with southern Italian '''tortas''', roasted chicken, polenta, and white bean salad.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Elgy Gillespie|entry=Trattoria Contadina|title=The Rough Guide to San Francisco Restaurants|edition=2004|publisher=w:[[Rough Guides|Rough Guides Ltd]]|year=2003|page=98|isbn=1-84353-099-6|passage=To follow, there’s good, strong coffee and desserts such as chocolate '''torta''' with fresh whipped cream ($4.50), which comes from the divine Victoria Bakery a few steps away over the road (try their “Ugly But Beautiful” nut meringues), and gelato zabaglione ($3.50), an absolutely ambrosial yellow fluff.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Linda Marx|title=Boardwalk baby|journal=Palm Beach Life|month=winter|year=2003|page=34|passage=The cuisine is rustic, with a decent choice of fish and meat, and great desserts like hazelnut chocolate '''torta''' with meringue doused in espresso and layered chantilly cream with bitter cocoa, or “bugies,” little fried pockets of dough filled with candied lemon zest and grappa di Moscato, then dusted with sugar.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Marusya Bociurkiw|title=Comfort Food for Breakups: The Memoir of a Hungry Girl|publisher=w:Arsenal Pulp Press|year=2007|isbn=1-55152-219-5|passage=I cooked for her as I had never cooked before: Spanish appetizers, Thai curries, and Italian '''tortas''' landed before her in dizzying, delectable profusion.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Steven Parlato|title=The Namesake|publisher=Merit Press, [[w:Simon & Schuster|Simon & Schuster, Inc.]]|year=2012|isbn=978-1-4405-5457-5|passage=Leaving the world behind, I’d wallow in frosty solitude and chocolate '''torta'''.|footer={{small|Italian is sometimes mentioned in the book.}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Leslie Parry|title=Church of Marvels|publisher=w:Two Roads|year=2015|isbn=978 1 473 60564 0|passage=He’d spoken in Italian to the woman at the door—the same words of condolence that the Scarlattas had used when visiting their grieving neighbors. People arrived bearing plates of food and fresh-cut flowers. There was a table crowded with offerings: a whole muskmelon, chocolate '''torta''' and jugs of wine, lamb stew with a skin of orange grease.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Katherine A. McIver|title=Kitchens, Cooking, and Eating in Medieval Italy|publisher=w:Rowman & Littlefield|year=2017|page=8|isbn=9781442248946|passage=The Venetian writer’s '''torta''' (see Appendix II) will serve twenty-five people, and he specifies the quantities of ingredients and how to bake the '''torta''' (over a low flame).}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Italy|edition=13th|publisher=w:[[Lonely Planet|Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd]]|year=2018|isbn=9781787012011|passage=It stocks global conceptual fashion from Marni, Martin Margela, Comme des Garçons et al, but come for the more interesting independent Italian labels or just a peek at the whimsical displays and enjoy a slice of '''torta''' and espresso in the in-store cafe.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Nepal|edition=11th|publisher=w:[[Lonely Planet|Lonely Planet Global Limited]]|year=2018|isbn=978 1 78701 925 6|passage=Life is indeed sweet at Thamel’s best Italian bistro, offering up such delights as parmesan gnocchi; goat’s cheese and spinach ravioli; and sinfully rich chocolate '''torta'''.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Sue Parritt|chapter=14|title=Feed Thy Enemy|publisher=Next Chapter|year=2019|year_published=2021|passage={{smallcaps|As expected, the coach party arrive too late for afternoon tea, but}} Rob and Ivy enjoy the evening meal of soup, local fish and vegetables, followed by a slice of chocolate '''torta''', served in a cavernous dining room located in the centre of the hotel’s first floor.|footer={{small|The character takes a holiday in Italy.}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Jane Godman [pseudonym; Amanda Anders]|title=Family in the Crosshairs|publisher=[[w:Harlequin Enterprises|Harlequin]] Romantic Suspense|year=2020|isbn=9781488064258|passage=He and Vincente are going head-to-head in a baking challenge. Wyoming meets Italy. Apple pie versus chocolate '''torta'''. It should be fun.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=Mara G. Fox|title=The Other Side of Como|publisher=Eyewear Publishing Ltd|year=2020|isbn=9781839780325|passage=Crimson nails flashing dangerously, she slowly cuts a piece of '''torta''' with the small fork, and raises it before her parted lips. ‘It is delicious, what’s in it?’ / Straightening his back and lifting his right hand, as if engaging in a poetic recital, he begins. ‘It has all the ingredients of the mountain: almonds and round hazelnuts from the Langhe in Piedmont, flour and eggs from the land, yeast.{{nb...}}”}}
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Katie Hafner|title=The Boys|publisher=w:Spiegel & Grau|year=2022|isbn=9781954118065|passage=As dessert was being served—an intensely rich chocolate '''torta'''—she asked one of the waiters if she might take the delicacy up to one of the guests who was celebrating his birthday. The waiter returned with a generous slice of the cake, ringed with ''paste di meliga'', cornmeal shortbread cookies that were a specialty of the region.}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aortt|Ratto|Tatro|ottar|rotta|tarot|tator|torat|troat}}

{{cln|en|terms with unknown etymologies}}
{{C|en|Sandwiches}}

==Catalan==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA|ò}}

===Etymology 1===
Nominalization of what was originally the feminine past participle of {{m|ca|tòrcer}}.

====Noun====
{{ca-noun|f}}

# [[twisting]]
#: {{syn|ca|torsió}}
# [[turn]], [[bend]]
#: {{ux|ca|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]]
#: {{syn|ca|marrada}}<!-- this is found in DCVB but the dates show it to be Old Catalan
# {{lb|ca|archaic}} [[torch]]
#: {{syn|ca|torxa}} -->

===Etymology 2===

====Adjective====
{{head|ca|adjective form}}

# {{feminine singular of|ca|tort}}

====Noun====
{{ca-noun|f}}

# {{female equivalent of|ca|tort|t=one-eyed person}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}
* {{R:ca:GDLC}}
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}
* {{R:ca:DNV}}

==Galician==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gl|roa-opt|-}}, from {{inh|gl|la|turta}}. Thought to derive from Latin {{m|la|tŏrta|t=twisted|g=f}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{gl-pr|tòrta}}
* {{hyph|gl|tor|ta}}

===Noun===
{{gl-noun|f}}

# [[tart]]
# [[pie]]

===Further reading===
* {{R:gl:DRAG}}

{{C|gl|Pies}}

==Hungarian==
[[File:Őrség zöld aranya - Magyarország tortája 2016.jpg|thumb|torta (Őrség's Green Gold, The Cake of Hungary, 2016]]

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|hu|it|torta}}.<ref>{{R:Zaicz 2006}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|hu|tɒ|s=2}}
* {{hyph|hu|tor|ta}}

===Noun===
{{hu-noun|pl=torták}}

# [[torte]], [[cake]], [[gateau]] {{gloss|a dense dessert richly decorated and filled with cream or jam}}

====Declension====
{{hu-infl-nom|tortá|o}}{{hu-pos-tok|tortá}}

====Derived terms====
{{col4|hu|title=Compound words
|csokoládétorta
|diótorta
|dobostorta
|sajttorta
|tortalapát
}}
{{col2|hu|title=Expressions
|Fekete-erdő torta
}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:ErtSz}}

{{topics|hu|Desserts}}

==Interlingua==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|ia|LL.|torta}}, from the expression {{m|la|[[torta]] [[pānis]]|g=f-s|lit=a twist of bread}}, from the feminine of the adjective {{m|la|tortus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ia|/ˈtor.ta/}}

===Noun===
{{ia-noun|s}}

# [[cake]]

{{C|ia|Foods}}

==Italian==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|it|la|turta}}. Thought to derive from Latin {{m|la|tŏrta|t=twisted|g=f}}, which yielded {{m|it|torta|tòrta}} in Italian.

====Pronunciation====
{{it-pr|tórta}}

====Noun====
{{it-noun|f}}

# [[pie]], [[tart]], [[cake]] or similar
# {{lb|it|heraldiccharge}} [[roundel]] (of a [[tincture]]; see ''[[bisante]]'')

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|it|tortaio}}
* {{l|it|torta pasqualina}}
* {{l|it|tortello}}, {{l|it|tortellino}}
* {{l|it|tortiera}}
* {{l|it|tortino}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|it|torto}}
* {{l|it|torcere}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|torta|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|de|Torte|bor=1}}
* {{desc|tr|turta|bor=1}}

===Etymology 2===
{{back-form|it|torto}}, past participle of {{m|it|torcere||to twist}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{it-pr|tòrta}}

====Noun====
{{it-noun|f}}

# {{lb|it|rare}} the act of [[twist]]ing
# {{lb|it|archaic}} the result of twisting
#: {{syn|it|torcitura|piegatura}}

===Etymology 3===
{{nonlemma}}

====Pronunciation====
{{it-pr|tòrta}}

====Participle====
{{head|it|past participle form|g=f-s}}

# {{feminine singular of|it|torto}}

====Adjective====
{{head|it|adjective form|g=f-s}}

# {{adj form of|it|torto||f|s}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=aortt|ratto|rotta|trota}}

{{C|it|Cakes and pastries|Foods}}

==Kashubian==
[[File:Advocaat torte, open air café Erlenhof (Landcafé) in Gieboldehausen, district Göttingen.jpg|thumb|Torta]]

===Etymology===
{{dercat|csb|frm}}
{{bor+|csb|de|Torte}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{csb-pr}}

===Noun===
{{csb-noun|f|dim=tortk|dim2=torcëk}}

# [[torte]], [[gateau]] {{gl|type of cake}}

====Declension====
{{csb-decl-noun
|torta
|tortë
|torce
|tortã
|tortą
|torce
|[[torta]]/[[torto]]
|tortë
|[[tort]]/[[tortów]]
|tortóm
|tortë
|tortama
|tortach
|tortë}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:csb:Trepczyk:1994|tort}}
* {{R:csb:SPK|tort}}
* {{R:csb:ISKJ|+|23883}}

{{C|csb|Cakes and pastries}}

==Latin==

===Etymology===
From {{m|la|[[torta]] [[pānis]]|g=f-s|lit=a roll of bread}}; either from the feminine of {{m|la|tortus||twisted, folded over}} that describes the form of the bread (''torta [forma]''), or from {{m|la|turta||type of pastry}}.

===Noun===
{{la-noun|torta<1>}}

# {{lb|la|Late Latin}} roll of bread (usually made with unsifted flour)
#* {{Q|la|Jerome|Vulgate|Chronicles|16|3|quote='''tortam''' panis et partem assae carnis bubulae et frixam oleo similam|trans=}}

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|torta<1>}}

===Participle===
{{head|la|participle form}}

# {{inflection of|la|tortus||nom//voc|f|s|;|nom//acc//voc|n|p}}

===Participle===
{{head|la|participle form|head=tortā}}

# {{inflection of|la|tortus||abl|f|s}}

===References===
* {{R:L&S}}
* {{R:du Cange}}

==Piedmontese==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|pms|turta}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|pms|/ˈturta/}}

===Noun===
{{head|pms|noun|g=f|plural|torte}}

# [[cake]], [[tart]], [[pie]]

==Portuguese==

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|tórta}}
* {{hyph|pt|tor|ta}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|pt|la|torta}}, feminine of {{m|la|tortus}}.

====Adjective====
{{head|pt|adjective form}}

# {{adj form of|pt|torto||f|s}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|pt|torcer}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|pt|roa-opt|-}}, from {{inh|pt|la|turta}}. Thought to derive from Latin {{m|la|tŏrta|t=twisted|g=f}}.

====Noun====
{{pt-noun|f}}

# {{lb|pt|Brazil}} [[pie]], [[tart]]
#: {{syn|pt|q1=Portugal|tarte}}
# {{lb|pt|Portugal}} [[Swiss roll]]
#: {{syn|pt|q1=Brazil|rocambole}}

{{C|pt|Pies|Cakes and pastries}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|sh|de|Torte}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sh|/tôːrta/}}
* {{hyph|sh|tor|ta}}

===Noun===
{{sh-noun|g=f|head=tȏrta}}

# [[cake]]

====Declension====
{{sh-decl-noun
|tȏrta|torte
|torte|tȍrātā / tȏrtī
|torti|tortama
|tortu|torte
|torto|torte
|torti|tortama
|tortom|tortama
}}

===Further reading===
* [https://hjp.znanje.hr/index.php?show=search_by_id&id=f19kWBd7 "torta"] in ''Hrvatski jezični portal''

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|es|la|turta}}. Thought to derive from Latin {{m|la|tŏrta|t=twisted|g=f}}, which actually yielded {{m|es|tuerta}} in Spanish.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-torta.wav<a:Colombia>>}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|f}}

# [[tart]], [[pie]]
#: {{syn|es|tarta}}
# {{lb|es|South America}} [[cake]]
#: {{syn|es|pastel}}
# {{lb|es|Mexico|Guatemala}} [[sandwich]] on a roll
#: {{syn|es|bocadillo|emparedado|sándwich}}
# {{lb|es|Spain}} [[flatbread]]
# {{lb|es|Spain|colloquial}} [[slap in the face]], [[cuff on the ear]]
#: {{syn|es|bofetada|bofetón|cachetada|sopapo}}
# {{lb|es|colloquial}} [[drunkenness]]
#: {{syn|es|Thesaurus:borrachera}}
# {{lb|es|colloquial|sometimes|_|derogatory|Rioplatense}} [[dyke]], [[lez]] (a lesbian)
#: {{syn|es|arepera}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|es|a falta de pan, buenas son tortas|torta de cumpleaños|torta de queso<t:cheesecake><qq:Venezuela>|torta marmolada|tortilla|tortita|tortazo|tortero|tortera|tortear|zampatortas}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|es|torcer|tuerto|tuerta}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|torta|bor=1}}
* {{desctree|tl|torta|bor=1}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|es|a=aortt|tarot|trató|trato|trotá|trota}}

{{C|es|Foods}}

==Swedish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|sv|tolta}}

===Etymology===
{{unk|sv}}. Cognate with synonymous {{cog|no|turt}}, {{m|no|tort}}, {{m|no|turta}}, {{m|no|torta}}, {{m|no|turte}}, {{m|no|torte}}, {{cog|da|turt}}.

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|c}}

# {{C|sv|Cichorieae tribe plants}} {{vern|alpine sow-thistle}} ({{taxlink|Cicerbita alpina|species}})

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-c-or}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:SO}}

==Tagalog==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|tl|es|torta||cake}}. Compare {{cog|ceb|torta||cupcake}} and {{cog|en|tart}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr}}

===Noun===
{{tl-noun|b=+}}

# {{w|torta}} {{gl|a type of egg omelette with various ingredients, especially eggplant}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|tl|tortahan|tortahin|tortang talong|tortang hipon|tortang alamang|tortang giniling|tortang gulay|tortang kalabasa|tortang kamote|tortang okra}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|tl|tortilya}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|torta|bor=1}}

====See also====
* {{l|tl|omelet}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|tl|a=aortt|trato}}

==Veps==

===Etymology===
From the noun {{m|vep|torv}}.

===Verb===
{{vep-verb}}

# to [[blow]] {{gloss|trumpet, horn, etc.}}

====Inflection====
{{vep-conj-kogota|a}}

===References===
* {{R:vep:UVVV|трубить}}