torta

f.

1 cake (cooking) (de harina) (dulce). (peninsular SpanishSouthern Cone, Venezuelan Spanish)

nos costó la torta un pan (figurative) it cost us an arm and a leg

2 slap (in the face) (informal) (bofetada).

dar o pegar una torta a alguien to slap somebody (in the face)

3 thump (informal) (golpe, accidente).

darse o pegarse una torta to bang oneself; (al caer) to have a smash (con el coche)

4 pie, tart.

5 flapjack, slapjack.

6 sponge cake.

7 blow.

8 sandwich, butty.

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torta

► nombre femenino

1 COCINA cake

2 familiar (golpe) blow, crack; (bofetada) slap, wallop

3 familiar (borrachera) binge

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FRASEOLOGÍA

coger una torta / pillar una torta figurado to get plastered

ni torta familiar not a thing

■ no ve ni torta he can't see a thing

pegarse una torta familiar to give oneself a bump

te va a costar la torta un pan familiar it's more trouble than it's worth

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noun f.

cake

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SF

1) * (=bofetada) thump; (=puñetazo) punch, sock *; (=caída) fall; (=choque) crash

liarse a tortas — to get involved in a punch-up

2) (=pastel) cake; [con base de masa quebrada] tart, flan; (=crepe) pancake; Méx sandwich

- la torta costó un pan

- eso es tortas y pan pintado

- ¡ni torta!

no entendió ni torta — he didn't understand a word of it

- nos queda la torta

3) CAm, Méx (=tortilla)

torta de huevos — omelet(te)

4) Esp

** (=borrachera)

agarrar una torta — to get plastered *

5) (Tip) font

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femenino

1) (Coc)

a) (AmL) (de verduras) pie; (sin tapa de masa) pie, flan, tart

b) (CS, Ven) (de cumpleaños, etc) cake; (decorada, con crema, etc) gateau

2) (Méx) (bocadillo) sandwich

3) (esp Esp) (bizcocho basto) sponge cake

me/te salió la torta un pan — things didn't work out the way I/you had planned

ni torta — (Esp fam) not a thing

no entiendo ni torta — I don't understand a thing

nos/les está costando la torta un pan — it's costing us/them more than we're/they're saving

4) (fam) (golpe)

darle una torta a alguien — to hit o wallop somebody (colloq)

pegarse una torta — to bang one's head (o arm etc)

liarse a tortas — to come to blows

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femenino

1) (Coc)

a) (AmL) (de verduras) pie; (sin tapa de masa) pie, flan, tart

b) (CS, Ven) (de cumpleaños, etc) cake; (decorada, con crema, etc) gateau

2) (Méx) (bocadillo) sandwich

3) (esp Esp) (bizcocho basto) sponge cake

me/te salió la torta un pan — things didn't work out the way I/you had planned

ni torta — (Esp fam) not a thing

no entiendo ni torta — I don't understand a thing

nos/les está costando la torta un pan — it's costing us/them more than we're/they're saving

4) (fam) (golpe)

darle una torta a alguien — to hit o wallop somebody (colloq)

pegarse una torta — to bang one's head (o arm etc)

liarse a tortas — to come to blows

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torta¹

¹ = cake.

Ex: Music from 1907 was played and a cake was shared with the public.

* torta caliente = hotcake.

torta²

² = whack.

Ex: Suddenly there was a loud 'whack-whack-whack' and I looked back to see the guide slapping the water with his fishing pole.

* dar una torta = slap.

* dar una torta a Alguien = give + Nombre + a slap in the face.

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torta

feminine

A (Coc)

1 (AmL) (de verduras) pie; (sin tapa de masa) pie, flan, tart

2 (AmS) (de cumpleaños, etc) cake; (decorada, con crema, etc) gateau

me/te/le salió la torta un pan (AmL); things didn't work out the way I/you/she had planned

poner la torta (Ven fam); to blow it (colloq), to mess it up (colloq), to mess up (AmE colloq)

Compuestos:

● torta de casamiento (RPl) or (Chi) de novia

wedding cake

● torta de matrimonio or de novios

(AmS) wedding cake

● torta frita

(RPl) fritter (fried in fat)

● torta pascualina

spinach and egg pie

B (Méx) (bocadillo) sandwich

C (esp Esp) (bizcocho basto) sponge cake

ni torta (Esp fam); not a thing

no entiendo ni torta I don't understand a thing

no ve ni torta he can't see a thing o he's as blind as a bat

nos/les está costando la torta un pan it's costing us/them more than we're/they're saving o it's a false economy

Compuestos:

● torta de aceite

: crisp aniseed wafer fried in oil

● torta imperial

: nougat-like candy covered with rice paper

D (fam)

(golpe): como no te estés quieto te doy una torta if you don't keep still, I'll hit o wallop you (colloq)

por una tontería se liaron a tortas they came to blows o they started fighting over nothing

se dio una torta con el coche he crashed the car

se cayó del árbol y se pegó una torta he fell out of the tree and hit the ground very hard

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torta sustantivo femenino
1 (CS, Ven) (de cumpleaños, etc) cake;
(decorada, con crema, etc) gateau
2 (Méx) (bocadillo) sandwich
3 (fam) (golpe):

◊ darle una torta a algn to hit o wallop sb (colloq);

pegarse una torta to bang one's head (o arm etc);
liarse a tortas to come to blows
torta sustantivo femenino
1 Culin flat cake, LAm cake, tart
2 fam (bofetada) slap
3 fam (golpe fuerte) blow, thump, whack: me di una torta con la mesa, I bumped my head on the table
(de coche, moto, etc) crash, smash
4 figurado ni torta, not a thing: no oía ni torta, I couldn't hear a thing
'torta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
tortazo
English:
flapjack
- thump
- cake

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torta nf

1. Esp [de harina] = flat, round plain cake;

Comp

Fam

ni torta [nada] not a thing;

no veo ni torta I can't see a thing;

Comp

Fam

nos costó la torta un pan it cost us an arm and a leg

2. CSur, Ven [dulce] cake;

Comp

RP Fam

le salió una torta de plata it cost him an arm and a leg

Comp

torta de cumpleaños birthday cake;

torta helada ice cream gâteau

3. Andes, CAm, Carib, RP [salada] pie

Comp

torta pascualina spinach and egg pie

4. Méx [sandwich] filled roll

5. Méx [tortilla] flat omelette, frittata;

torta de huevos plain omelette

6. RP torta frita doughnut-shaped fritter

7. Fam [bofetada] slap (in the face);

dar o [m5]pegar una torta a alguien to slap sb (in the face)

8. Fam [golpe, accidente] thump;

darse o [m5]pegarse una torta [al caer] to bang oneself;

[con el coche] to have a smash; Fig

había tortas para entrar people were fighting to get in

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torta

f

1 cake; plana tart

2 fam

slap;

le pegó una torta fam I slapped him;

darse una torta fam have an accident

3

:

no sabes ni torta de fútbol fam you don’t know diddly-squat about soccer pop ;

no ver ni torta fam not be able to see in front of one’s nose fam

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torta nf

1) : torte, cake

2) Mex : sandwich

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torta n

1. (dulce) cake

hay diferentes clases de tortas there are different kinds of cakes

2. (bofetada) slap

me dio una torta he slapped my face

darse una torta / pegarse una torta to have an accident

ni torta not a thing

sin gafas no veo ni torta I can't see a thing without glasses