# torturar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From tortura +‎ -ar.

### Verb

torturar (first-person singular indicative present torturo, past participle torturáu)
* to torture (to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims)

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

From tortura +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [tur.tuˈɾa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [tor.tuˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [toɾ.tuˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

torturar (first-person singular present torturo, first-person singular preterite torturí, past participle torturat)
* to torture

#### Derived terms

* torturador

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From tortura +‎ -ar.

### Verb

torturar (first-person singular present torturo, first-person singular preterite torturei, past participle torturado)
* to torture (to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* torturador

### Further reading

* “torturar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “torturar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From tortura (“torture”) +‎ -ar, from Latin tortūra (“twisting; torture”), from torqueō (“to twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /toʁ.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [toh.tuˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /toʁ.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [toh.tuˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /toɾ.tuˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /toʁ.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [toχ.tuˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /toɻ.tuˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tuɾ.tuˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tuɾ.tuˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tuɾ.tuˈɾa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧rar

### Verb

torturar (first-person singular present torturo, first-person singular preterite torturei, past participle torturado)
* to torture (to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims)
    Synonyms: afligir, atormentar, supliciar
* (figurative) to cause angst
    Synonym: angustiar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* torturado
* torturador
* torturante

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From tortura +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toɾtuˈɾaɾ/ [t̪oɾ.t̪uˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: tor‧tu‧rar

### Verb

torturar (first-person singular present torturo, first-person singular preterite torturé, past participle torturado)
* (transitive) to torture

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* torturador

### Further reading

* “torturar”, 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