torrar

From Latin torrēre, with change of conjugation.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tuˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [toˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [toˈraɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

torrar (first-person singular present torro, first-person singular preterite torrí, past participle torrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to toast, roast
2. (pronominal, colloquial) to get drunk

   Synonym: embriagar-se

• torrent

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese torrar, 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, editor, 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

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “torra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “torrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “torrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “torrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

• Macanese: torâ

• “torrar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “torrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “torrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28