Meaning
torture
- torment
In a sentence
Aspettare due ore è stato un supplizio.
Waiting two hours was torture.
Che supplizio questo caldo in ufficio!
This heat in the office is torture!
Non fare di questo viaggio un supplizio.
Don't make this trip a torment.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| supplizio | masculine · singular |
| supplizi | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Stronger and more literary than tortura; often used for extreme suffering or dramatic complaint, not neutral legal or medical contexts.
- Can be figurative in everyday speech: Che supplizio! means something is unbearably annoying, often with exaggeration.
- Usually appears with fare da or essere un: È stato un supplizio, Mi fa da supplizio. Less common in casual speech than tormento.