torrar
Portuguese
verb
Definitions
- (cooking) to roast; to toast to cook food so that it is dry and crisp
- (transitive) to roast; to torrefy to subject to intense heat
- (intransitive) to roast; to torrefy to be subject to intense heat
- (colloquial) to spend or do away with something quickly, especially money
Etymology
Derived from Latin torreō (scorch, roast, I scorch, burn).
Origin
Latin
torreō
Gloss
scorch, roast, I scorch, burn
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process