torta

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish torta, from Late Latin torta, from torta panis (“twisted bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus (“twisted, folded over”). Cognate to tart.

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

Adjective

torta

1. feminine singular of tort

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Late Latin torta, from the expression torta panis (“twisted bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus.

Noun

torta f (plural tortas)

1. tart
2. pie

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian torta.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtortɒ]
• Hyphenation: tor‧ta

Noun

torta (plural torták)

1. torte, cake, gateau

References

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtor.ta/

Noun

torta (plural tortas)

1. cake

Etymology 1

From Late Latin torta, from the expression torta panis (“twisted bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus.

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• ratto, rotta, trota

Participle

torta

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

tortā

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)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɾtɐ/

Etymology 1

From Latin torta, feminine of tortus.

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese, from Late Latin torta, from the expression torta panis (“twisted bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tôːrta/
• Hyphenation: tor‧ta

Noun

tȏrta f (Cyrillic spelling то̑рта)

1. cake

Etymology

From Late Latin torta (possibly through a Vulgar Latin form *turta; compare Romanian turtă, French tourte, Italian torta, Romansh turta, Sardinian turta^[1]; Latin torta produced the expected diphthongized tuerta in Spanish), from torta panis (“twisted bread”), from feminine of Latin tortus (“twisted, folded over”).

Noun

torta f (plural tortas)

1. A cake.
2. A tart, pie.
3. (Mexico) A sandwich on a roll.
4. (Spain, colloquial) slap in the face, cuff on the ear

References

Etymology

From the noun torv.

Verb

torta

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

References

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