tortura
Portuguese
/toɹ.ˈtu.ɾa/, /toɻ.ˈtu.ɾa/, /tuɾ.ˈtu.ɾa/
noun
Definitions
- torture intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony
- (figurative) a difficult situation
Etymology
Inherited from Latin tortūra (torture, twisting), tortus (twisted, folded over) derived from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (turn, twist, spin, wind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*terkʷ-
Gloss
turn, twist, spin, wind
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
風
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- intort English
- *extortiāre Latin
- *torsāre Latin
- *turta Latin
- contortus Latin
- distortum Latin
- extortiō Latin
- extortus Latin
- nasturtium Latin
- retorqueo Latin
- retortus Latin
- tormentum Latin
- torqueo Latin
- torqueō Latin
- torquēre Latin
- torquēs Latin
- torsio Latin
- torta Latin
- torta pānis, tortus Latin
- tortio Latin
- tortum Latin
- tortuosus Latin
- tortura Latin
- tortus Latin
- tortuōsus Latin
- tortūra Latin
- tricae Latin
- trua Latin
- turpis Latin
- torto Italian
- tortura Italian
- torture French
- tortura Spanish, Castilian
- tuerto Spanish, Castilian
- τέρπω Ancient Greek
- ταρταροῦχος Ancient Greek
- τρέπω Ancient Greek
- ἄτρακτος Ancient Greek
- *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *trewd- Proto-Indo-European
- antitortura Portuguese
- torturador Portuguese
- torturar Portuguese
- *þarhô Proto-Germanic
- *þerh- Proto-Germanic
- *þwerhaz Proto-Germanic
- thwert Middle English
- thwerten Middle English
- torcious Old French
- torteau Old French
- torture Old French
- trousse Old French
- tort Catalan, Valencian
- tortura Catalan, Valencian
- tortura Galician
- tort Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tortură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- torri Welsh
- teurt Norman
- contortion Middle French
- torto Old Portuguese
- *tarkúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- tortura Asturian
- tuertu Asturian
- 𒋻𒌑𒍣 Hittite