# tortura
## Asturian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

tortura f (plural tortures)
* torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)

##### Derived terms

* torturar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tortura
* third-person singular present indicative of torturar
* second-person singular imperative of torturar

## Basque
### Noun

tortura ?
* torture

#### Related terms

* torturatu
* torturatzaile

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [turˈtu.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [toɾˈtu.ɾa]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

tortura f (plural tortures)
* torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)
    Synonym: suplici

##### Derived terms

* torturar

##### Related terms

* tòrcer
* tort

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tortura
* inflection of torturar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** 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: [ˈtortura]
* Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ra

### Noun

tortura f
* torture
    Synonym: mučení

#### Declension
### 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:(file)

### Verb

tortura
* 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)
* 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
* inflection of torturar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* (obsolete) the act of bending or twisting
    Synonyms: torcimento, torcitura
* torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)
* (figurative) torment
    Synonym: tormento

##### Derived terms

* torturare

##### Related terms

* torcere
* torto

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tortura
* inflection of torturare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** 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: /torˈtuː.ra/, [t̪ɔrˈt̪uːrä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /torˈtu.ra/, [t̪orˈt̪uːrä]

### Noun

tortūra f (genitive tortūrae); first declension
* a twisting, wreathing
* torture, torment

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### 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
### Etymology

Borrowed from French torture.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɔrˈtu.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ura
* Syllabification: tor‧tu‧ra

### Noun

tortura f (related adjective torturowy or torturalny)
* torture (severe pain or anguish, of mind or body)
    Synonym: cierpienie
* (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

#### Derived terms

* 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
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /toʁˈtu.ɾɐ/ [tohˈtu.ɾɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /toʁˈtu.ɾɐ/ [tohˈtu.ɾɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /toɾˈtu.ɾɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /toʁˈtu.ɾɐ/ [toχˈtu.ɾɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /toɻˈtu.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /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)
* torture (intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony)
    Synonyms: suplício, tormento
* (figurative) a difficult situation

##### Derived terms

* torturar

##### Related terms

* torcer
* torto

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tortura
* inflection of torturar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** 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: /tor.tuˈra/

#### Verb

a tortura (third-person singular present torturează, past participle torturat) 1st conjugation
* to torture
    Synonym: chinui

##### Related terms

* tortură

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /torˈtu.ra/

#### Noun

tortura f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of tortură

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tortura.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tortǔːra/
* Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ra

### Noun

tortúra f (Cyrillic spelling торту́ра)
* torture

#### Declension
### References

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* torture (intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony)

##### Derived terms

* torturar

##### Related terms

* torcer
* tuerto

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tortura
* inflection of torturar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** 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