torture

tortura

Acto de causar intencionadamente un dolor intenso a alguien, a menudo para castigarlo u obtener información.

En inglés sencillo: The act of deliberately causing someone severe pain, often to punish them or make them give information.

• Torture causes terrible pain.
• The prisoners reported torture by the guards.
• He confessed under torture.

Expresiones frecuentes: under torture, use torture, torture victims, physical torture

suplicio, tormento

Experiencia que causa mucho malestar, angustia o sufrimiento.

En inglés sencillo: An experience that makes you feel extremely unhappy, uncomfortable, or upset.

• The waiting was torture.
• For him, sitting through the long speech was pure torture.
• Hearing that song again would be torture.

Sinónimos: agony, torment

Expresiones frecuentes: pure torture, absolute torture, torture for someone

torturar

Causar intencionadamente un dolor intenso a alguien, a menudo para castigarlo u obtener información.

En inglés sencillo: To deliberately cause someone severe pain or suffering, often to punish them or get information.

• The guards tortured the prisoner.
• She was tortured for refusing to answer.
• They had tortured him to get information.

Cómo se usa: torture someone into doing something (They tortured him into revealing the names.)

Sinónimos: torment

Expresiones frecuentes: torture a prisoner, torture someone physically, torture someone into