tortura
Italian (Fiorentino)
/torˈtu.ra/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) the act of bending or twisting
- torture intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony
- (figurative) torment
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
- ritorturare Italian
- torto Italian
- torturare Italian
- torturatore Italian
- torture French
- torturer French
- tortura 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