torta
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish torta, from Latin turta, thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”). Doublet of torte and tart.
Noun
torta (plural tortas)
- (US) A sandwich, served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from Mexican cuisine
- A Philippine omelette of ground meat and potatoes.
- A flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.
Anagrams
- Ratto, Tatro, ottar, rotta, tarot, tator, torat, troat
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɾ.tə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈtɔr.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɾ.ta/
Adjective
torta
- feminine singular of tort
Noun
torta f (plural tortes)
- twisting
- turn, bend
- Simulava que estava borratxo i marxava fent tortes cap a casa.
- He pretended he was drunk and went off towards home making twists and turns.
- A circuitous route, a roundabout way.
- (archaic) torch
Synonyms
- (twisting): torsió
- (roundabout way): marrada
- (torch): torxa
Further reading
- “torta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese, from Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”).
Noun
torta f (plural tortas)
- tart
- pie
Further reading
- “torta” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Hungarian
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Etymology
Borrowed from Italian torta.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtortɒ]
- Rhymes: -tɒ
- Hyphenation: tor‧ta
Noun
torta (plural torták)
- torte, cake, gateau (a dense dessert richly decorated and filled with cream or jam)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | torta | torták |
accusative | tortát | tortákat |
dative | tortának | tortáknak |
instrumental | tortával | tortákkal |
causal-final | tortáért | tortákért |
translative | tortává | tortákká |
terminative | tortáig | tortákig |
essive-formal | tortaként | tortákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | tortában | tortákban |
superessive | tortán | tortákon |
adessive | tortánál | tortáknál |
illative | tortába | tortákba |
sublative | tortára | tortákra |
allative | tortához | tortákhoz |
elative | tortából | tortákból |
delative | tortáról | tortákról |
ablative | tortától | tortáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular | tortáé | tortáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | tortáéi | tortákéi |
Possessive forms of torta | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | tortám | tortáim |
2nd person sing. | tortád | tortáid |
3rd person sing. | tortája | tortái |
1st person plural | tortánk | tortáink |
2nd person plural | tortátok | tortáitok |
3rd person plural | tortájuk | tortáik |
Derived terms
- csokoládétorta
- diótorta
- dobostorta
- sajttorta
- tortalapát
- Fekete-erdő torta
References
- torta in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- torta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Interlingua
Etymology
From Late Latin torta, from the expression torta pānis f sg (literally “a twist of bread”), from the feminine of the adjective tortus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtor.ta/
Noun
torta (plural tortas)
- cake
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”), which yielded tòrta in Italian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtor.ta/
- Rhymes: -orta
- Hyphenation: tór‧ta
Noun
torta f (plural torte)
- pie, tart, cake or similar
- (heraldry) roundel (of a tincture; see bisante)
Derived terms
- tortaio
- torta pasqualina
- tortello, tortellino
- tortiera
- tortino
Related terms
- torto
- torcere
Descendants
- → German: Torte, Tarte; Turte
- → Czech: dort
- → English: torte
- → Estonian: tort
- → Hungarian: torta
- → Japanese: トルテ (torute)
- → Macedonian: торта (torta)
- → Polish: tort
- → Romanian: tort
- → Russian: торт (tort), тортъ (tort)
- → Armenian: տորթ (tortʿ)
- → Kazakh: торт (tort)
- → Yakut: торт (tort)
- → Serbo-Croatian: torta / торта
- → Ukrainian: торт (tort)
- → Turkish: turta
Etymology 2
Back-formation from torto, past participle of torcere (“to twist”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔr.ta/
- Rhymes: -ɔrta
- Hyphenation: tòr‧ta
Noun
torta f (plural torte)
- (rare) the act of twisting
- (archaic) the result of twisting
- Synonyms: torcitura, piegatura
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔr.ta/
- Rhymes: -ɔrta
- Hyphenation: tòr‧ta
Participle
torta f sg
- feminine singular of torto
Adjective
torta f sg
- feminine singular of torto
Anagrams
- ratto, rotta, trota
Latin
Etymology
From torta pānis f sg (literally “a roll of bread”); either from the feminine of Latin tortus (“twisted, folded over”) that describes the form of the bread (torta [forma]), or from Latin turta (“type of pastry”).
Noun
torta f (genitive tortae); first declension
- (Late Latin) roll of bread (usually made with unsifted flour)
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Chronicles 16:3:
- tortam panis et partem assae carnis bubulae et frixam oleo similam
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | torta | tortae |
Genitive | tortae | tortārum |
Dative | tortae | tortīs |
Accusative | tortam | tortās |
Ablative | tortā | tortīs |
Vocative | torta | tortae |
Participle
torta
- inflection of tortus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
tortā
- ablative feminine singular of tortus
References
- “torta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- torta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Piedmontese
Alternative forms
- turta
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈturta/
Noun
torta f (plural torte)
- cake, tart, pie
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈtɔh.tɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɾ.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈtɔʁ.tɐ/ [ˈtɔχ.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɻ.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɾ.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: tor‧ta
Etymology 1
From Latin torta, feminine of tortus.
Adjective
torta
- feminine singular of torto
Related terms
- torcer
Etymology 2
From Old Portuguese, from Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”).
Noun
torta f (plural tortas)
- (Brazil) pie, tart
- Synonym: (Portugal) tarte
- (Portugal) Swiss roll
- Synonyms: (Brazil) garibáldi, (Brazil) rocambole
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Torte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tôːrta/
- Hyphenation: tor‧ta
Noun
tȏrta f (Cyrillic spelling то̑рта)
- cake
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | tȏrta | torte |
genitive | torte | tȍrātā / tȏrtī |
dative | torti | tortama |
accusative | tortu | torte |
vocative | torto | torte |
locative | torti | tortama |
instrumental | tortom | tortama |
Further reading
- "torta" in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin turta. Thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”), which actually yielded tuerta in Spanish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoɾta/ [ˈt̪oɾ.t̪a]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -oɾta
- Syllabification: tor‧ta
Noun
torta f (plural tortas)
- (Latin America) cake
- Synonym: pastel
- tart, pie
- (Mexico, Guatemala) sandwich on a roll
- Synonyms: bocadillo, emparedado, sándwich
- (Spain) flatbread
- (Spain, colloquial) slap in the face, cuff on the ear
- Synonyms: bofetada, bofetón, cachetada, sopapo
- (colloquial) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
- (colloquial, sometimes derogatory, Rioplatense) dyke, lez (a lesbian)
Derived terms
- torta de cumpleaños
- torta de queso (“cheesecake”) (Venezuela)
- torta marmolada
- tortazo
- tortear
- tortera
- tortero
- tortilla
- tortita
- zampatortas
Related terms
- torcer
- tuerto
- tuerta
Descendants
- → English: torta
References
Further reading
- “torta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- tarot, trató, trato, trotá, trota
Swedish
Alternative forms
- tolta
Etymology
Unknown. Cognate with synonymous Norwegian turt, tort, turta, torta, turte, torte, Danish turt.
Noun
torta c
- alpine sow-thistle (Cicerbita alpina)
Declension
Declension of torta | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | torta | tortan | tortor | tortorna |
Genitive | tortas | tortans | tortors | tortornas |
Further reading
- torta in Svensk ordbok.
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish torta (“cake”). Compare Cebuano torta (“cupcake”) and English tart.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tor‧ta
- IPA(key): /ˈtoɾta/, [ˈtoɾ.tɐ]
Noun
torta (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜆ)
- torta (a type of egg omelette with various ingredients, especially eggplant)
Derived terms
- tortahan
- tortahin
- tortang alamang
- tortang giniling
- tortang gulay
- tortang hipon
- tortang kalabasa
- tortang kamote
- tortang okra
- tortang talong
Related terms
- tortilya
See also
- omelet
Veps
Etymology
From the noun torv.
Verb
torta
- to blow (trumpet, horn, etc.)
Inflection
Inflection of torta (inflection type 9/kogota) | |||
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1st infinitive | torta | ||
present indic. | tordab | ||
past indic. | torzi | ||
present indicative | past indicative | imperative | |
1st singular | tordan | torzin | — |
2nd singular | tordad | torzid | torda |
3rd singular | tordab | torzi | torkaha |
1st plural | tordam | torzim | torkam |
2nd plural | tordat | torzit | torkat |
3rd plural | tortas tordaba | torziba | torkaha |
sing. conneg.1 | torda | tordand | torda |
plur. conneg. | torkoi | tornugoi | torkoi |
present conditional | past conditional | potential | |
1st singular | tordaižin | tornuižin | tornen |
2nd singular | tordaižid | tornuižid | torned |
3rd singular | tordaiži | tornuiži | torneb |
1st plural | tordaižim | tornuižim | tornem |
2nd plural | tordaižit | tornuižit | tornet |
3rd plural | tordaižiba | tornuižiba | torneba |
connegative | tordaiži | tornuiži | torne |
non-finite forms | |||
1st infinitive | torta | ||
2nd infinitive | 3rd infinitive | ||
inessive | tortes | inessive | tormas |
instructive | torten | illative | tormaha |
participles | elative | tormaspäi | |
present active | tordai | adessive | tormal |
past active | tornu | abessive | tormat |
past passive | tortud |
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “трубить”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika