torto

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian torta, from Latin turta. Compare Russian торт (tort), German Torte, Polish tort.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtorto]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -orto
• Hyphenation: tor‧to

Noun

torto (accusative singular torton, plural tortoj, accusative plural tortojn)

1. pie, tart

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese torto, from Latin tortus, from torqueō. Cognate with Portuguese torto and Spanish tuerto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾto̝/

Adjective

torto (feminine torta, masculine plural tortos, feminine plural tortas)

1. twisted, bent, crooked
2. awry (turned or twisted toward one side)
3. one-eyed

   Synonyms: breco, chosco

4. cross-eyed

   Synonyms: birollo, vesgo

Derived terms

• Carballo Torto
• Carballotorto
• Ribeiratorta
• Riotorto
• Torta

Related terms

• retorto
• torcer

Noun

torto m (plural tortos)

1. (archaic, law) offense, harm; injustice, wrong, tort

Derived terms

• torticeiro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “torto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “torto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “torto”, 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), “torto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “torto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English tart, French tourte, German Torte, Italian torta, Russian торт (tort), Spanish torta..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtor.to/, /ˈtɔɾ.tɔ/

Noun

torto (plural torti)

1. meat pie

Synonyms

• pasteto

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔr.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔrto
• Hyphenation: tòr‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin tortus, from torqueo (“to bend”).

Adjective

torto (feminine torta, masculine plural torti, feminine plural torte)

1. twisted, bent, crooked

Derived terms

• tortamente
• tortezza

Participle

torto (feminine torta, masculine plural torti, feminine plural torte)

1. past participle of torcere

Related terms

• torcere

Etymology 2

From Latin tortum (“a wrong or injustice”), substantive use of tortus, perfect passive participle of torqueō. Compare French tort.

Noun

torto m (plural torti)

1. wrong, injustice

   Antonym: ragione

Derived terms

• a torto
• a torto o a ragione
• avere torto
• dare torto
• torto marcio

Anagrams

• rotto

Latin

Participle

tortō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tortus

References

• “torto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• torto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese torto, from Latin tortus, from torqueō.

Cognate with Galician torto, Spanish tuerto, Catalan tort, French tordu, Italian torto and Romanian tort.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʁ.tu/ [ˈtoh.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʁ.tu/ [ˈtoh.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʁ.tu/ [ˈtoχ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɻ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾ.tu/

• (Porto) IPA^(key): [ˈtwɐɾ.tu]
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtoh.tu/
• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾtu, (Brazil) -oʁtu
• Hyphenation: tor‧to

• Audio (Brazil):

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Adjective

torto (feminine torta, masculine plural tortos, feminine plural tortas)

1. twisted, bent, crooked
2. awry
3. wrong, dishonest
4. one-eyed, cross-eyed

Related terms

• torcer

Noun

torto m (plural tortos)

1. (archaic) offense, harm
2. (archaic) injustice, wrong