tormento

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese tormento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably borrowed from Latin tormentum as a semi-learned term. Compare Spanish tormento. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /toɾˈmento/ [t̪oɾˈmẽn̪.t̪ʊ] Rhymes: -ento Hyphenation: tor‧men‧to === Noun === tormento m (plural tormentos) torment torture ==== Derived terms ==== atormentar ==== Related terms ==== torcer tormenta tortura === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tormento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tormento”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tormento”, 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), “tormento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Ido == === Noun === tormento (plural tormenti) torment, torture, plague == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /torˈmen.to/ Rhymes: -ento Hyphenation: tor‧mén‧to === Etymology 1 === From Latin tormentum. ==== Noun ==== tormento m (plural tormenti) torment agony ===== Related terms ===== tormentare torcere tortura === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tormento first-person singular present indicative of tormentare == Latin == === Etymology === tormentum +‎ -ō === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɔrˈmɛn.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [torˈmɛn.to] === Verb === tormentō (present infinitive tormentāre, perfect active tormentāvī, supine tormentātum); first conjugation (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) to hurl (a projectile), to fling to torment, to torture, to excruciate ==== Conjugation ==== 1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested. ==== Synonyms ==== (all senses) torqueō === Noun === tormentō dative/ablative singular of tormentum === References === "tormentare", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “tormentare”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[2], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ẽtu Hyphenation: tor‧men‧to === Etymology 1 === Semi-learned borrowing from Latin tormentō. ==== Noun ==== tormento m (plural tormentos) torment (extreme physical or psychological pain) ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tormento first-person singular present indicative of tormentar === Further reading === “tormento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tormento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tormentum as a semi-learned term. If inherited, the expected form would be *tormiento. Cf. however tormientar, an archaic variant of atormentar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /toɾˈmento/ [t̪oɾˈmẽn̪.t̪o] Rhymes: -ento Syllabification: tor‧men‧to === Noun === tormento m (plural tormentos) torment, torture ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “tormento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025