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I ['tɔːtʃə(r)]nome tortura f.; fig. supplizio m.II ['tɔːtʃə(r)]verbo transitivo torturare; fig. tormentare* * *['to: ə] 1. verb(to treat (someone) cruelly or painfully, as a punishment, or in order to make him/her confess something, give information etc: He tortured his prisoners; She was tortured by rheumatism/jealousy.) torturare2. noun1) (the act or practice of torturing: The king would not permit torture.) tortura2) ((something causing) great suffering: the torture of waiting to be executed.) tortura* * *torture /ˈtɔ:tʃə(r)/n. [uc]tortura; supplizio; tormento; strazio; sevizie: mental torture, sevizie mentali; to put sb. to torture, mettere q. alla tortura; instruments of torture, strumenti di tortura; (relig.) the tortures of hell, i tormenti dell'inferno● torture chamber, camera di tortura □ (fig.) a long torture, un vero calvario.♦ (to) torture /ˈtɔ:tʃə(r)/v. t.1 torturare ( anche fig.); tormentare; sottoporre alla tortura: to be tortured by tight shoes, patire la tortura delle scarpe strette* * *I ['tɔːtʃə(r)]nome tortura f.; fig. supplizio m.II ['tɔːtʃə(r)]verbo transitivo torturare; fig. tormentare
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