torrente

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Galician

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin torrentem, accusative form of torrēns (rushing”, “torrential) (originally “scorching", then "powerful", "strengthful", "forceful"), present active participle of torreō (I scorch, burn, parch).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /toˈrɛnte/ [t̪oˈrɛn̪.t̪ɪ]
  • IPA(key): /toˈrente/ [t̪oˈren̪.t̪ɪ]
  • Hyphenation: to‧rren‧te

Noun

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torrente f (plural torrentes)

  1. stream, creek, torrent

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin torrentem, accusative form of torrēns (rushing”, “torrential) (originally “scorching", then "powerful", "strengthful", "forceful"), present active participle of torreō (to scorch, burn, parch), from Proto-Italic *torzeō, causative of the Proto-Indo-European root *ters- (dry).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /torˈrɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: tor‧rèn‧te

Noun

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torrente m (plural torrenti, diminutive torrentèllo, pejorative torrentàccio)

  1. stream, creek, torrent

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • French: torrent
    • English: torrent
    • Romanian: torent

Further reading

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  • torrente in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • torrente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Noun

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torrente

  1. ablative singular of torrēns

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin torrentem.

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  • Hyphenation: tor‧ren‧te

Noun

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torrente f (plural torrentes)

  1. torrent (violent flow of liquid)
  2. (figurative) torrent (large amount or stream of something)
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Further reading

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  • torrente” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin torrentem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /toˈrente/ [t̪oˈrẽn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: to‧rren‧te

Noun

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torrente m (plural torrentes)

  1. torrent
  2. stream
  3. flood

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