What does tortura in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word tortura in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use tortura in Italian.
The word tortura in Italian means physical pain, torture, torture, torture, inflict pain, torture, torture yourself. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word tortura
physical painsostantivo femminile (pena, tormento corporale) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La strega venne sottoposta a tortura. |
torturesostantivo femminile (sevizia) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Il marito costringeva la povera moglie a torture fisiche. |
torturesostantivo femminile (figurato (grande sofferenza) (figurative) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Le lezioni di chimica sono una tortura! Chemistry lessons are torture! |
torture, inflict painverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (seviziare) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Il killer torturava le vittime prima di ucciderle. |
tortureverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (tormentare) (figurative) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Il senso di colpa lo sta torturando. |
torture yourselfverbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (figurato (affliggersi) Si è torturata tutto il fine settimana ripensando all'errore che aveva commesso al lavoro, che tutto sommato non era così grave. She tortured herself all weekend thinking back over the mistake she made at work, which, all things considered, wasn't such a disaster. |
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