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torto
torto
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin tortus, from torqueo (“I bend”).
Adjective
torto m (feminine singular torta, masculine plural torti, feminine plural torte)
Verb
torto m (feminine singular torta, masculine plural torti, feminine plural torte)
- past participle of 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)
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Latin
Participle
tortō
- dative masculine singular of tortus
- dative neuter singular of tortus
- ablative masculine singular of tortus
- ablative neuter singular of tortus
References
- torto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “torto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese torto, from Latin tortus, from torqueō.
Cognate with Galician torto, Spanish tuerto, Catalan tort, French tordu, Italian torto and Romanian tort.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtoɾ.tu/
- Hyphenation: tor‧to
Adjective
torto m (feminine singular torta, masculine plural tortos, feminine plural tortas, comparable)
Noun
torto m (plural tortos)