torto

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian торт (tort), German Torte and Polish tort.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈtorto]
• Rhymes: -orto
• Hyphenation: tor‧to

Noun

torto (accusative singular torton, plural tortoj, accusative plural tortojn)

1. pie, tart

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese torto, from Latin tortus, from torqueō. Cognate with Portuguese torto and Spanish tuerto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾto̝/

Adjective

torto (feminine torta, masculine plural tortos, feminine plural tortas)

1. twisted, bent, crooked
2. awry (turned or twisted toward one side)
3. one-eyed

   Synonyms: breco, chosco

4. cross-eyed

   Synonyms: birollo, vesgo

Derived terms

• Carballo Torto
• Carballotorto
• Ribeiratorta
• Riotorto
• Torta

Related terms

• retorto
• torcer

Noun

torto m (plural tortos)

1. (archaic, law) offense, harm; injustice, wrong, tort

References

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• “torto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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• “torto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English tart, French tourte, German Torte, Italian torta, Russian торт (tort), Spanish torta..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtor.to/, /ˈtɔɾ.tɔ/

Noun

torto (plural torti)

1. meat pie

Synonyms

• pasteto

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin tortus, from torqueo (“I bend”).

Adjective

1. twisted, bent, crooked

Verb

1. past participle of torcere

Related terms

• torcere

Etymology 2

From Latin tortum (“a wrong or injustice”), substantive use of tortus, perfect passive participle of torqueō. Compare French tort.

Noun

torto m (plural torti)

1. wrong, injustice

Antonyms

• ragione

Derived terms

• a torto
• torto marcio
• a torto o a ragione
• dare torto

Anagrams

• rotto

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) tortō

1. dative masculine singular of tortus
2. dative neuter singular of tortus
3. ablative masculine singular of tortus
4. ablative neuter singular of tortus

References

• “torto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• torto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese torto, from Latin tortus, from torqueō.

Cognate with Galician torto, Spanish tuerto, Catalan tort, French tordu, Italian torto and Romanian tort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾ.tu/
• Hyphenation: tor‧to

Adjective

1. twisted, bent, crooked
2. awry
3. wrong, dishonest
4. one-eyed, cross-eyed

Related terms

• torcer

Noun

torto m (plural s)

1. (archaic) offense, harm
2. (archaic) injustice, wrong