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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtorto]
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  • Rhymes: -orto
  • Hyphenation: tor‧to

Noun

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

  1. pie, tart

Galician

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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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

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Noun

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torto m (plural tortos)

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English tartFrench tourteGerman TorteItalian tortaRussian торт (tort)Spanish torta..

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtor.to/, /ˈtɔɾ.tɔ/

Noun

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torto (plural torti)

  1. meat pie

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin tortus, from torqueo (to bend).

Adjective

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

  1. twisted, bent, crooked
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Participle

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

  1. past participle of torcere
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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torto m (plural torti)

  1. wrong, injustice
    Antonym: ragione
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Latin

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Participle

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tortō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tortus

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  • 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

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Etymology

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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.

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Adjective

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

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

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torto m (plural tortos)

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