# tora
## Albanian
### Verb

tora
* first-person plural aorist indicative of tjerr

## Aromanian
### Etymology

From Greek τώρα (tóra, “now”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtora]

### Adverb

tora
* now

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin phthora, from Ancient Greek φθορά (phthorá, “destruction”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

tora f (plural tores)
* aconite
    Synonym: acònit

#### Derived terms

* tora blanca
* tora blava
* tora groga

### Further reading

* “tora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “tora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʰoːɹa/
* Rhymes: -oːɹa
* Homophone: torað

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

tora f (genitive singular toru, uncountable)
* thunder

##### Derived terms

* toruljós
* torusláttur
* toruskýggj
* toruveður

##### Related terms

* ódnarveður
* ravmagn
* snarljós
* skýggj
* luft

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse þora.

#### Verb

tora (third person singular past indicative tordi, third person plural past indicative tordu, supine torað, tort)
* To dare something.

##### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

##### Synonyms

* vága

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tora, from Proto-Uralic *tora. Cognates include Erzya тюрема (ťurema, “fight, war”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtorɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞rɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -orɑ
* Hyphenation: to‧ra

### Noun

tora
* quarrel (verbal dispute or heated argument)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
torani
torani
accusative
nom.
torani
torani
gen.
torani
genitive
torani
torieni toraini $^{rare}$
partitive
toraani
toriani
inessive
torassani
torissani
elative
torastani
toristani
illative
toraani
toriini
adessive
torallani
torillani
ablative
toraltani
toriltani
allative
toralleni
torilleni
essive
toranani
torinani
translative
torakseni
torikseni
abessive
torattani
torittani
instructive
comitative
—torineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
torasi
torasi
accusative
nom.
torasi
torasi
gen.
torasi
genitive
torasi
toriesi toraisi $^{rare}$
partitive
toraasi
toriasi
inessive
torassasi
torissasi
elative
torastasi
toristasi
illative
toraasi
toriisi
adessive
torallasi
torillasi
ablative
toraltasi
toriltasi
allative
torallesi
torillesi
essive
toranasi
torinasi
translative
toraksesi
toriksesi
abessive
torattasi
torittasi
instructive
comitative
—torinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
toramme
toramme
accusative
nom.
toramme
toramme
gen.
toramme
genitive
toramme
toriemme toraimme $^{rare}$
partitive
toraamme
toriamme
inessive
torassamme
torissamme
elative
torastamme
toristamme
illative
toraamme
toriimme
adessive
torallamme
torillamme
ablative
toraltamme
toriltamme
allative
torallemme
torillemme
essive
toranamme
torinamme
translative
toraksemme
toriksemme
abessive
torattamme
torittamme
instructive
comitative
—torinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
toranne
toranne
accusative
nom.
toranne
toranne
gen.
toranne
genitive
toranne
torienne torainne $^{rare}$
partitive
toraanne
torianne
inessive
torassanne
torissanne
elative
torastanne
toristanne
illative
toraanne
toriinne
adessive
torallanne
torillanne
ablative
toraltanne
toriltanne
allative
torallenne
torillenne
essive
torananne
torinanne
translative
toraksenne
toriksenne
abessive
torattanne
torittanne
instructive
comitative
—torinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
toransa
toransa
accusative
nom.
toransa
toransa
gen.
toransa
genitive
toransa
toriensa torainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
toraansa
toriaan toriansa
inessive
torassaan torassansa
torissaan torissansa
elative
torastaan torastansa
toristaan toristansa
illative
toraansa
toriinsa
adessive
torallaan torallansa
torillaan torillansa
ablative
toraltaan toraltansa
toriltaan toriltansa
allative
toralleen torallensa
torilleen torillensa
essive
toranaan toranansa
torinaan torinansa
translative
torakseen toraksensa
torikseen toriksensa
abessive
torattaan torattansa
torittaan torittansa
instructive
comitative
—torineen torinensa :

#### Synonyms

* eripura
* riita
* kiista

#### Derived terms

* torailla
* torainen
* toraisa
* torata
* henkitoreissa
* torahammas
* torajyvä

### Further reading

* “tora”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* Arto, Atro, arot, orat, raot

## Galician
### Verb

tora
* inflection of torar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tora. Cognates include Finnish tora and Estonian tõra.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈtorɑ/, [ˈto̞rɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈtorɑ/, [ˈto̞rɑ]
* Rhymes: -orɑ
* Hyphenation: to‧ra

### Noun

tora
* quarrel
** 1916, Volmari Porkka, quoting Palaga, “1259. Soikkola, Metsäkylä, III123”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎, volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 82-83:Mäntii toramäelle, // Missä torataa suuret torat,They went to the quarrel mountain, // Where big quarrels are quarreled,

#### Derived terms

* torohammas
* torrua

## Japanese
### Romanization

tora
* Rōmaji transcription of とら
* Rōmaji transcription of トラ

## Karelian
### Noun

tora
* battle

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Hebrew תּוֹרָה (torá).

### Proper noun

tora (Hebrew spelling תורה)
* (Judaism) Torah

### Further reading

* Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “torá”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
* Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “Torá”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 558
* Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “Tora”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 378

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse þora. Cognates include Icelandic þora, Danish turde, Norwegian Bokmål tørre and Faroese tora. Some also come in their mediopassive variants, Swedish töras, as does also the deponent Norwegian Nynorsk torast.

#### Verb

tora (present tense torer or tør, past tense torde, supine tort)
* (intransitive) to dare
    Synonyms: drista, våga

##### Usage notes

* This is a split infinitive verb.

##### Alternative forms

* tore (e-infinitive)

##### Related terms

* torast

### Etymology 2

From Biblical Hebrew תּוֹרָה (“instruction, law or teaching”).

#### Noun

tora m (definite singular toraen, indefinite plural toraer or toraar, definite plural toraene or toraane)
* Torah

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

tora f (definite singular tora, indefinite plural torer or toror, definite plural torene or torone)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of tore
* definite singular of tore

#### Verb

tora (present tense torar, past tense tora, past participle tora, passive infinitive torast, present participle torande, imperative tora/tor)
* alternative spelling of tore

### References

* “tora” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* orta, otra, rota, toar, troa

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɔ.ɾɐ/
* Hyphenation: to‧ra

### Etymology 1

From toro (“torus, tree ring”).

#### Noun

tora f (plural toras)
* (Brazil) log (cut and cleared trunk of a tree)
    Synonym: cepo

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tora
* inflection of torar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

tora
* genitive singular of tor

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtoɾa/ [ˈt̪o.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -oɾa
* Syllabification: to‧ra

### Noun

tora f (plural toras)
* (Honduras, Nicaragua) leatherback (species of sea turtle)
    Synonym: baula

### Further reading

* “tora”, 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

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* torah

### Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew תּוֹרָה.

### Noun

tora c
* a Torah

#### Usage notes

Toror is the intuitive plural, but seems rare.

#### Related terms

* Tora (“Torah”)

### References

* tora in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* tora in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* tora in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Turkish
### Noun

tora
* dative singular of tor

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tora, from Proto-Uralic *torɜ. Cognates include Finnish tora.

### Noun

tora
* fight, scuffle
* battle

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “битва, драка, рукопашная, свалка”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika