torturer

torturer [tɔʀtyʀe]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

[+ prisonnier, animal] to torture

• le doute/le remords le torturait he was racked with doubt/remorse

• cette pensée le torturait he was tormented by the thought

• son visage était torturé par le chagrin his face was twisted with grief

• sa poésie torturée, déchirante his tormented, heartrending poetry

2. reflexive verb

► se torturer ( = se faire du souci) to fret (pour over)

• se torturer le cerveau or l'esprit to rack one's brains

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1.

verbe transitif

1) [bourreau] to torture [personne]

2) (faire souffrir) [pensée, sentiment] to torment

être torturé par la faim — to be starving

3) (forcer le sens de) to distort [texte]

style torturé — tortured style

2.

se torturer verbe pronominal fig to torment oneself

se torturer l'esprit — (cherchant une solution) to rack one's brains

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tɔʀtyʀe vt

1) (physiquement) to torture

2) (moralement) to torment

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torturer verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 lit [policier, gouvernement] to torture [personne]; être torturé par la faim to be starving;

2 fig [pensée, sentiment] to torment; visage/air torturé tormented face/look; vision du monde/poésie torturée tormented vision of the world/poetry; être torturé [personne] to have a tormented nature; être torturé par to be tormented by [jalousie, doute, remords];

3 (forcer le sens de) to distort [texte]; style torturé tortured style.

B se torturer vpr fig to torment oneself; se torturer l'esprit (cherchant solution) to rack one's brains.

[tɔrtyre] verbe transitif

1. [supplicier - suj: bourreau] to torture

2. [tourmenter - suj: angoisse, faim] to torture, to torment, to rack ; [ - suj: personne]

torturer quelqu'un to put somebody through torture

la jalousie le torturait he was tortured by jealousy

torturé par sa conscience tormented by his conscience

3. [style, texte] to labour

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se torturer verbe pronominal

(emploi réfléchi) to torture oneself, to worry oneself sick

ne te torture pas l'esprit! don't rack your brains (too much)!