tormento

m.

torment, agony.

el tormento de un amor no correspondido the torment o anguish of unrequited love

ser un tormento to be a torment; (persona) to be torture (cosa)

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: tormentar.

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tormento

► nombre masculino

1 (tortura) torture

2 (dolor) torment, torture

3 (angustia) anguish

4 figurado (aflicción) affliction, suffering

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dar tormento (torturar) to torture 2 (molestar) to torment

ser un tormento familiar to be real torture

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noun m.

torment

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SM (=tortura) torture; (fig) torture, torment; (=angustia) anguish, agony

dar tormento a — to torment; (fig) to torment, plague

darse tormento — to torment o.s.

estos zapatos son un tormento — these shoes are agony

sus dos hijos son un tormento perpetuo — her two sons are a constant trial o torment to her

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masculino

a) (angustia, dolor) torment

vivía con el tormento de los celos — she lived tormented by jealousy

ir al dentista es un tormento — going to the dentist is a nightmare o is hell (colloq)

b) (malos tratos) torture

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= torment, torture.

Ex. There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.

Ex. It collects information about torture and spreads it to organisations and individuals, mainly health service personnel and researchers.

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masculino

a) (angustia, dolor) torment

vivía con el tormento de los celos — she lived tormented by jealousy

ir al dentista es un tormento — going to the dentist is a nightmare o is hell (colloq)

b) (malos tratos) torture

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= torment, torture.

Ex: There is much slavering, kinky enjoyment of Diana's torments, a quality shared with the Gothic novel.

Ex: It collects information about torture and spreads it to organisations and individuals, mainly health service personnel and researchers.

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tormento

masculine

1 (angustia, dolor) torment

la vida a su lado era un verdadero tormento living with him was an absolute torment o was absolute hell for her

vivía con el tormento de los celos she lived tormented o tortured by jealousy

ir al dentista es un tormento going to the dentist is a nightmare o is hell (colloq)

aquel calor era un tormento the heat there was murder (colloq)

2 (malos tratos) torture

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tormento sustantivo masculino
1 (tortura) torture
2 fam (sufrimiento) torment, torture
'tormento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
interiormente
English:
torment
- torture

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tormento nm

1. [dolor físico] torment, agony

2. [angustia] torment, anguish;

el tormento de un amor no correspondido the torment o anguish of unrequited love;

después de varios días de tormento, conseguí quitarme de encima de mi tío after several agonizing days, I managed to get rid o Br shot of my uncle;

ser un tormento [persona] to be a torment;

[cosa] to be torture

3. [torture] torture;

fue sometido a tormento he was subjected to torture

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tormento

m torture

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tormento nm

1) : torment, anguish

2) : torture