Meaning
to torture, torment
- to inflict severe physical pain as punishment or coercion
- to torment, plague, or cause deep mental distress
In a sentence
Quel dubbio doloroso continuava a torturare la sua mente.
That painful doubt kept tormenting his mind.
Perché mi torturi con tutte queste domande difficili?
Why are you tormenting me with all these difficult questions?
La legge internazionale vieta severamente di torturare i prigionieri.
International law strictly forbids torturing prisoners.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| torturare | infinitive |
| torturo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| torturi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tortura | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| torturiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| torturate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| torturano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| torturavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| torturavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| torturava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| torturavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| torturavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| torturavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| torturai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| torturasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| torturò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| torturammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| torturaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| torturarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| torturerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| torturerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| torturerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| tortureremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| torturerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| tortureranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| torturi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| torturi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| torturi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| torturiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| torturiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| torturino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| torturassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| torturassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| torturasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| torturassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| torturaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| torturassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| torturerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| tortureresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| torturerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tortureremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| torturereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| torturerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tortura | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| torturiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| torturate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| torturando | gerund |
| torturato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Often used hyperbolically in everyday speech for annoying questions or situations.