torrar

From Latin torreō.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /toˈra/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /tuˈra/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /toˈraɾ/

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

torrar (first-person singular present torro, past participle torrat)

1. (transitive) to toast, roast
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, colloquial) to get drunk

   Synonym: embriagar-se

• torrent

• “torrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

15th century. From Latin torrere.

• IPA^(key): /toˈraɾ/

torrar (first-person singular present torro, first-person singular preterite torrei, past participle torrado)

1. to roast; to toast
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 129:

     Para esto ual o ouo torrado ataa que se faça duro et depois tollelle a casca et faz tal como bollo

     For this you must use egg, roasted [cooked, boiled] till its hard; remove then the shell and make a roll with it

2. to scorch or burn because of heat or cold

   Synonyms: abrasar, queimar

3. (figurative) to tan; to sunburn

• torrada
• Torrado

• “torra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “torrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “torrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “torrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin torreō.

torrar (first-person singular present torro, first-person singular preterite torrei, past participle torrado)

1. (cooking, transitive) to roast; to toast (to cook food so that it is dry and crisp)

   Synonym: tostar

2. (transitive) to roast; to torrefy (to subject to intense heat)
3. (intransitive) to roast; to torrefy (to be subject to intense heat)
4. (colloquial, transitive) to spend or do away with something quickly, especially money

   Synonym: liquidar

• torrada

• “torrar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From Latin torreō, whence English toast and torrent.

• IPA^(key): /toˈraɾ/ [t̪oˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: to‧rrar

torrar (first-person singular present torro, first-person singular preterite torré, past participle torrado)

1. (cooking) to toast

   Synonym: tostar

2. to toast, roast (become unbearably hot)

• “torrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014