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torturat
tortured /tor.tuˈrat/
adjective#5604 most common
Also: tormented, agonized, racked (with pain/guilt)
Example sentences
Omul este torturat.
The man is tortured.
Ea este torturată de gânduri negre.
She is tortured by dark thoughts.
Prizonierii au fost torturați de soldați.
The prisoners were tortured by soldiers.
Jurnalistul a torturat suspectul cu întrebări incomode.
The journalist tortured the suspect with awkward questions.
Personajul, torturat de remușcări, nu își găsea liniștea.
The character, tortured by remorse, could not find peace.
Deși fusese torturat psihic timp de ani de zile, reușise să își reclădească existența.
Although he had been psychologically tortured for years, he had managed to rebuild his existence.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | torturat (m) / torturată (f) | torturați (m) / torturate (f) |
| Genitive | torturat (m) / torturate (f) | torturați (m) / torturate (f) |
| Accusative | torturat (m) / torturată (f) | torturați (m) / torturate (f) |
| Vocative | torturat (m) / torturată (f) | torturați (m) / torturate (f) |
Word family
a torturato torture
torturătorture (the act or the pain itself)
torturant, -ăagonizing, excruciating
torționartorturer, one who inflicts torture
Etymology
Torturat is the past participle of a tortura, to torture. The verb entered Romanian in the modern era alongside the noun tortură, both borrowed from French during the wave of Latin-based vocabulary that reshaped Romanian in the 19th century. French torturer itself descends from Latin torquere, to twist, by way of the noun tortura, twisting or torment. The Romanian participle simply adds the regular first-conjugation ending -at.
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