B2verb · transitive · common

torture

tor·ture

torture · tortures · tortured · torturing

мучити, катувати

мучить, пытать, истязать

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To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on, usually with the aim of forcing…To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them.

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UK/ˈtɔːt͡ʃə/US/ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/

» They're going to torture you.

Вони тебе катуватимуть. — deniko

Вони вас катуватимуть. — deniko

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Meaning

1 senses

To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them.
People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.
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пыта́тьpytátʹ, му́читьmúčitʹ, истяза́тьistjazátʹ
катува́тиkatuváty, му́читиmúčyty

More definitions

subject to torture
torment emotionally or mentally

Examples

285 sentences

They're going to torture you.
Вони тебе катуватимуть. — deniko
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Tom was tortured.
Тома піддавали тортурам. — deniko
ruТома пытали. — afyodor
deTom wurde gefoltert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Stop torturing yourself.
Припини знущатися над собою. — deniko
ruПерестань себя мучить. — soweli_Elepanto
deHör auf, dich zu quälen. — Manfredo
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Why are you torturing me?
Чому ти наді мною знущаєшся? — deniko
ruЗачем ты меня мучаешь? — marafon
deWarum quälst du mich? — brauchinet
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I hope they don't torture us.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims:

Русский

By meaning 1

to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims:

Origin

From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting

From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), from Latin tortus (whence also tort), past participle of torquēre (“to twist”).

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