torta
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- (Latin America) cake
- tart, pie
- (Mexico) sandwich on a roll
- (Spain) flatbread
- (Spain) slap in the face, cuff on the ear
- (colloquial) drunkenness
Etymology
Inherited from Latin torta, tortus (twisted, folded over).
Origin
Latin
tortus
Gloss
twisted, folded over
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- torta English
- *extortiāre Latin
- *torsāre Latin
- *turta Latin
- torta Latin
- torta pānis Latin
- tortuosus Latin
- tortus Latin
- tortūra Latin
- turtur Latin
- Torte German
- torta Hungarian
- torta Italian
- tortaio Italian
- tortellino Italian
- tortello Italian
- torto Italian
- tarte French
- torture French
- tourte French
- tourtière French
- торт Russian
- tortazo Spanish, Castilian
- tortería Spanish, Castilian
- tortita Spanish, Castilian
- tuerto Spanish, Castilian
- zampar Spanish, Castilian
- zampatortas Spanish, Castilian
- ταρταροῦχος Ancient Greek
- τούρτα Ancient Greek
- *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- torta Portuguese
- tarte Old French
- torteau Old French
- turto Esperanto
- tort Catalan, Valencian
- tortell Catalan, Valencian
- torta Galician
- toartă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tort Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- turtă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- teurt Norman
- tortë Albanian
- torto Old Portuguese
- торта Macedonian
- торт Belarusian
- tuorta Romansh
- turta Romansh
- tuertu Asturian
- torte Friulian
- turta Dalmatian
- *torθ Proto-Brythonic
- torte Bourguignon