different between torta vs torma

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

Borrowed from Tibetan ?????? (gtor ma).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t??m?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??m?/

Noun

torma (plural tormas)

1. A figure, made mostly of flour and butter, used in tantric rituals or as an offering in Tibetan Buddhism.

Anagrams

• Morta, Toram, amort, morat

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *turma (“radish”), from an Iranian language. Compare Turkish turp (“radish”), Persian ???? (torob, “radish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?torm?]
• Hyphenation: tor?ma
• Rhymes: -m?

Noun

torma (plural tormák)

1. horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)

Declension

Derived terms

• vízitorma

Further reading

• torma 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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin turma. Compare Portuguese turma, Romanian turm?.

Noun

torma f (plural torme)

1. crowd, throng

Anagrams

• morta, tarmo, tarmò, tramo, tramò

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?rma]

Noun

torma

1. genitive singular of torm
2. nominative dual of torm
3. accusative dual of torm