tortura
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- torture intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony
Etymology
Inherited from Latin tortūra (torture, twisting), tortus (twisted, folded over).
Origin
Latin
tortus
Gloss
twisted, folded over
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *extortiāre Latin
- *torsāre Latin
- *turta Latin
- torta Latin
- tortuosus Latin
- tortus Latin
- tortūra Latin
- torto Italian
- tortura Italian
- torture French
- torturador Spanish, Castilian
- torturar Spanish, Castilian
- tuerto Spanish, Castilian
- ταρταροῦχος Ancient Greek
- *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- tortura Portuguese
- torturar Portuguese
- torteau Old French
- torture Old French
- tort Catalan, Valencian
- tortura Catalan, Valencian
- tortura Galician
- tort Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tortură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- teurt Norman
- torto Old Portuguese
- tortura Asturian
- tuertu Asturian