# torrar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin torrēre, with change of conjugation.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [tuˈra]
* IPA: (Balearic) [toˈra]
* IPA: (Valencia) [toˈraɾ]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

torrar (first-person singular present torro, first-person singular preterite torrí, past participle torrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* (transitive) to toast, roast
* (pronominal, colloquial) to get drunk
    Synonym: embriagar-se

#### Derived terms

* torracollons
* torrada
* torradora
* torraina
* torrapà
* torrat

#### Related terms

* torrent

### Further reading

* “torrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese torrar, from Latin torrere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toˈraɾ/

### Verb

torrar (first-person singular present torro, first-person singular preterite torrei, past participle torrado)
* to roast; to toast
** 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 129:Para esto ual o ouo torrado ataa que se faça duro et depois tollelle a casca et faz tal como bolloFor this you must use egg, roasted [cooked, boiled] till its hard; remove then the shell and make a roll with it
* to scorch or burn because of heat or cold
    Synonyms: abrasar, queimar
* (figurative) to tan; to sunburn

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* torrada
* Torrado

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “torra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “torrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “torrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “torrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin torreō.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /toˈʁa(ʁ)/ [toˈha(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /toˈʁa(ʁ)/ [toˈha(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /toˈʁa(ɾ)/ [toˈha(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /toˈʁa(ʁ)/ [toˈχa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /toˈʁa(ɻ)/ [toˈha(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /tuˈʁaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tuˈʁaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tuˈʁa.ɾi/

### Verb

torrar (first-person singular present torro, first-person singular preterite torrei, past participle torrado)
* (cooking, transitive) to roast; to toast (to cook food so that it is dry and crisp)
    Synonym: tostar
* (transitive) to roast; to torrefy (to subject to intense heat)
* (intransitive) to roast; to torrefy (to be subject to intense heat)
* (colloquial, transitive) to spend or do away with something quickly, especially money
    Synonym: liquidar

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* torra
* torração
* torrada
* torragem
* torrante
* torrar a paciência

#### Related terms

* esturrar
* torradeira
* tostar

#### Descendants

* Macanese: torâ

### Further reading

* “torrar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “torrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “torrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin torreō, whence English toast and torrent.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toˈraɾ/ [t̪oˈraɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: to‧rrar

### Verb

torrar (first-person singular present torro, first-person singular preterite torré, past participle torrado)
* (cooking) to toast
    Synonym: tostar
* to toast, roast (become unbearably hot)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Further reading

* “torrar”, 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