different between torta vs sorta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish torta, from Late Latin torta, from torta p?nis f sg (literally “a twist of bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus (“twisted, folded over”). Cognate to tart. Doublet of torte.

Noun

torta (plural tortas)

1. (US) A sandwich, served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from Mexican cuisine
2. A Philippine omelette of ground meat and potatoes.
3. 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): /?t??.t?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?t?r.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?t??.ta/

Adjective

torta

1. feminine singular of tort

Noun

torta f (plural tortes)

1. twisting
2. turn, bend

3. A circuitous route, a roundabout way.
4. (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 Late Latin torta, from the expression torta p?nis f sg (literally “a twist of bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus.

Pronunciation

Noun

torta f (plural tortas)

1. tart
2. pie

Further reading

• “torta” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian torta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tort?]
• Rhymes: -t?
• Hyphenation: tor?ta

Noun

torta (plural torták)

1. torte, cake, gateau (a dense dessert richly decorated and filled with cream or jam)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• torta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tor.ta/

Noun

torta (plural tortas)

1. cake

Italian

Etymology 1

From Late Latin torta, from the expression torta p?nis f sg (literally “a twist of bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tor.ta/
• Rhymes: -orta
• Hyphenation: tór?ta

Noun

torta f (plural torte)

1. pie, tart, cake or similar
2. (heraldry) roundel (of a tincture; see bisante)

Derived terms

Related terms

• torto
• torcere

Descendants

• ? Greek: ?????? (toúrta)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from torto, past participle of torcere (“to twist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?r.ta/
• Rhymes: -?rta
• Hyphenation: tòr?ta

Noun

torta f (plural torte)

1. (rare) The act of twisting.
2. (archaic) The result of twisting.

   Synonyms: torcitura, piegatura

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?r.ta/
• Rhymes: -?rta
• Hyphenation: tòr?ta

Participle

torta f sg

1. feminine singular of torto

Adjective

torta

1. feminine singular of torto

Anagrams

• ratto, rotta, trota

Latin

Participle

torta

1. inflection of tortus:
   1. nominative feminine singular
   2. nominative neuter plural
   3. accusative neuter plural
   4. vocative feminine singular
   5. vocative neuter plural

Participle

tort?

1. 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, 1883–1887)

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• turta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?turta/

Noun

torta f (plural torte)

1. cake, tart, pie

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?t??t?/
• Hyphenation: tor?ta

Etymology 1

From Latin torta, feminine of tortus.

Adjective

torta

1. feminine singular of torto

Related terms

• torcer

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese, from Late Latin torta, from the expression torta p?nis f sg (literally “a twist of bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus.

Noun

torta f (plural tortas)

1. pie
2. tart

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tô?rta/
• Hyphenation: tor?ta

Noun

t?rta f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. cake

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin torta (possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *turta; compare Romanian turt?, French tourte, Italian torta, Romansch turta, Sardinian turta; Latin torta produced the expected diphthongized tuerta in Spanish), from torta p?nis f sg (literally “a twist of bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus (“twisted, folded over”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?to?ta/, [?t?o?.t?a]
• Hyphenation: tor?ta

Noun

torta f (plural tortas)

1. (Latin America) cake

   Synonym: pastel

2. tart, pie
3. (Mexico, Guatemala) sandwich on a roll

   Synonyms: bocadillo, emparedado, sándwich

4. (Spain) flatbread
5. (Spain, colloquial) slap in the face, cuff on the ear

   Synonyms: bofetada, bofetón, cachetada, sopapo

6. (colloquial) drunkenness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Derived terms

Related terms

• torcer
• tuerto
• tuerta

Descendants

• ? English: torta

Further reading

• “torta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

References

Veps

Etymology

From the noun torv.

Verb

torta

1. to blow (trumpet, horn, etc.)

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “???????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

English

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of sort of.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s??t?/, [?s????]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??t?/, [?s??t?]

Adverb

sorta (not comparable)

1. (informal) Contraction of sort of.

   The portraits on the wall aren't so useful, just sorta cool to have around

   • 1912, Caspar Whitney, Albert Britt, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction, Volume 60, page 680,

     'Webb,' he says sorta sorrowful like, 'it looks like a howlin' shame to have a bang-up American girl hooked up to a money-grubbin' member of the British nobility. […] '

   • 1993 July, Sort of a Hero, in Boys' Life, page 34,

     In fact the whole thing sorta backfired on old Chuck — and on me and Pete too. Instead of laughing about it, most people thought it was pretty crummy.

Synonyms

• kinda

Translations

Contraction

sorta (plural sortsa)

1. (colloquial) Sort of.

   There's gotta be some sorta explanation.

   • 2001, Lawrence A. Wenzel, The Sandcastle at High Tide, page 97,

     He glanced at her then back at me. "What sorta research?"

     "Well, war correspondent might not be too far off," I said.

Anagrams

• Astor, Astro, Roats, Sarot, Troas, artos, astro, astro-, ratos, roast, rotas, taros, tarso-

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?r?ta/
• Rhymes: -?r?ta

Noun

sorta f (genitive singular sortu, nominative plural sortur)

1. black dye

Declension

Derived terms

• sortulyng (“common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi”)

Related terms

• sorti (“darkness; dark weather”)
• sortna (“to darken”)
• svartur (“black”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sor.ta/
• Rhymes: -?rta
• Rhymes: -orta

Noun

sorta f (plural sorte)

1. sort, type, kind

Verb

sorta

1. feminine singular past participle of sorgere

Anagrams

• astro, sarto, starò, tarso

Romanian

Etymology

From German sortieren

Verb

a sorta (third-person singular present sorteaz?, past participle sortat) 1st conj.

1. to sort

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Sorte and/or Italian sorta; all eventually from Latin sors. See English sort for more.

Noun

s?rta f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. sort, kind

Declension

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

sorta

1. to bring down, to knock down
2. to cut down, to chop down, to fell
3. to drop (by accident)

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “??????, ??????, ???????, ???????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika