tormento
Spanish, noun/toɾˈmento/
tormento is spelled T-O-R-M-E-N-T-O (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,728th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tormento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “torment, torture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de atormentar”.
What does tormento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetorment, torture
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de atormentar. 2. Dolor o sufrimiento físico. 3. Sufrimiento emocional, angustia, aflicción, congoja, pena. 4. Instrumento musical idiófono de percusión, de golpe directo. Sirve para acompañar cuecas, tonadas y danzas campesinas de la Zona Central y del Norte Chico de Chile.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tormento
- tormentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tormento?
- /toɾˈmento/
- [t̪oɾˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
- [t̪oɾˈmẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tormento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tormento in Spanish?
tormento appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).