tortura

See also: torturá, torturà, and tortură

Asturian

Etymology 1

From Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from torqueō.

Noun

tortura f (plural tortures)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)

Derived terms

• torturar

Etymology 2

Verb

tortura

1. third-person singular present indicative of torturar
2. second-person singular imperative of torturar

Basque

 tortura on Basque Wikipedia

Noun

tortura ?

1. torture

Declension

Declension of tortura (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	tortura	tortura	torturak
ergative	torturak	torturak	torturek
dative	torturari	torturari	torturei
genitive	torturaren	torturaren	torturen
comitative	torturarekin	torturarekin	torturekin
causative	torturarengatik	torturarengatik	torturengatik
benefactive	torturarentzat	torturarentzat	torturentzat
instrumental	torturaz	torturaz	torturez
inessive	torturatan	torturan	torturetan
locative	torturatako	torturako	torturetako
allative	torturatara	torturara	torturetara
terminative	torturataraino	torturaraino	torturetaraino
directive	torturatarantz	torturarantz	torturetarantz
destinative	torturatarako	torturarako	torturetarako
ablative	torturatatik	torturatik	torturetatik
partitive	torturarik	—	—
prolative	torturatzat	—	—

Related terms

• torturatu
• torturatzaile

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [turˈtu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [toɾˈtu.ɾa]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin tortūra, a noun ultimately on torqueō (“twist”).

Noun

tortura f (plural tortures)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)

   Synonym: suplici

Derived terms

• torturar

Related terms

• tòrcer
• tort

Etymology 2

Verb

tortura

1. inflection of torturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tortura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tortura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “tortura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tortura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin torquere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtortura]
• Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ra

Noun

tortura f

1. torture

   Synonym: mučení

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	tortura	tortury
genitive	tortury	tortur
dative	tortuře	torturám
accusative	torturu	tortury
vocative	torturo	tortury
locative	tortuře	torturách
instrumental	torturou	torturami

Declension of tortura (hard feminine)

Further reading

• “tortura”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “tortura”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

tortura

1. third-person singular past historic of torturer

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin tortūra (“twisting; torture”), from Latin tortus, from torqueō (“I twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”).

Noun

tortura f (plural torturas)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)

Derived terms

• torturar

Further reading

• “tortura”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Etymology 2

Verb

tortura

1. inflection of torturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: tor‧tù‧ra

Etymology 1

From Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, passive perfect participle of torqueō.

Noun

tortura f (plural torture)

1. (obsolete) the act of bending or twisting

   Synonyms: torcimento, torcitura

2. torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)
3. (figurative) torment

   Synonym: tormento

Derived terms

• torturare

Related terms

• torcere
• torto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tortura

1. inflection of torturare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• tortura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• rottura

Latin

Etymology

From torqueō (“twist; torture”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /torˈtuː.ra/, [t̪ɔrˈt̪uːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /torˈtu.ra/, [t̪orˈt̪uːrä]

Noun

tortūra f (genitive tortūrae); first declension

1. a twisting, wreathing
2. torture, torment

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tortūra	tortūrae
genitive	tortūrae	tortūrārum
dative	tortūrae	tortūrīs
accusative	tortūram	tortūrās
ablative	tortūrā	tortūrīs
vocative	tortūra	tortūrae

Related terms

• tortē
• tortilis
• tortiō
• tortīvus
• tortō
• tortor
• tortuōsus

Descendants

• Asturian: tortura
• Catalan: tortura
• Danish: tortur
• Friulian: torture
• Galician: tortura
• Italian: tortura
• Norwegian: tortur
• Occitan: tortura
• Old French: torture
  • → English: torture
  • French: torture
• Portuguese: tortura
• Romanian: tortură
• Sicilian: turtura
• Spanish: tortura
• Swedish: tortyr
• Venetan: tortura

References

• “tortura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "tortura", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

tortura

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from French torture.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔrˈtu.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: tor‧tu‧ra

Noun

tortura f (related adjective torturowy or torturalny)

1. torture (severe pain or anguish, of mind or body)

   Synonym: cierpienie

2. (chiefly in the plural) torture (infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish)

   Synonyms: kaźń, męczarnia, męki

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	tortura	tortury
genitive	tortury	tortur
dative	torturze	torturom
accusative	torturę	tortury
instrumental	torturą	torturami
locative	torturze	torturach
vocative	torturo	tortury

Declension of tortura

Derived terms

verbs

• storturować pf
• torturować impf

Further reading

• tortura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tortura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• tortury in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

tortura

Wikipedia ^pt

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁˈtu.ɾɐ/ [tohˈtu.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁˈtu.ɾɐ/ [tohˈtu.ɾɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /toɾˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toʁˈtu.ɾɐ/ [toχˈtu.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toɻˈtu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾˈtu.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Late Latin tortūra (“twisting; torture”), from Latin tortus, from torqueō (“to twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”).

Noun

tortura f (plural torturas)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony)

   Synonyms: suplício, tormento

2. (figurative) a difficult situation

Derived terms

• torturar

Related terms

• torcer
• torto

Etymology 2

Verb

tortura

1. inflection of torturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tortura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French torturer, Italian torturare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tor.tuˈra/

Verb

a tortura (third-person singular present torturează, past participle torturat) 1st conjugation

1. to torture

   Synonym: chinui

Conjugation

infinitive			a tortura
gerund			torturând
past participle			torturat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	torturez	torturezi	torturează	torturăm	torturați	torturează
	imperfect	torturam	torturai	tortura	torturam	torturați	torturau
	simple perfect	torturai	torturași	tortură	torturarăm	torturarăți	torturară
	pluperfect	torturasem	torturaseși	torturase	torturaserăm	torturaserăți	torturaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să torturez	să torturezi	să tortureze	să torturăm	să torturați	să tortureze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		torturează			torturați
	negative		nu tortura			nu torturați

    conjugation of tortura (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

Related terms

• tortură

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torˈtu.ra/

Noun

tortura f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of tortură

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tortura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tortǔːra/
• Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ra

Noun

tortúra f (Cyrillic spelling торту́ра)

1. torture

Declension

Declension of tortura

	singular	plural
nominative	tortura	torture
genitive	torture	tortura
dative	torturi	torturama
accusative	torturu	torture
vocative	torturo	torture
locative	torturi	torturama
instrumental	torturom	torturama

References

• “tortura”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈtuɾa/ [t̪oɾˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: tor‧tu‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from torqueō.

Noun

tortura f (plural torturas)

1. torture (intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony)

Derived terms

• torturar

Related terms

• torcer
• tuerto

Etymology 2

Verb

tortura

1. inflection of torturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tortura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10