torre
Portuguese, noun
torre is spelled T-O-R-R-E (5 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Torre is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of torrar. With an accent, tôrre is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “construção de grande extensão vertical”.
What does torre mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetower
A torre oferece uma vista panorâmica da cidade.
- 2
femininerook
- 3
feminineskyscraper
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of torre
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. construção de grande extensão vertical 2. peça do jogo de xadrez que se move na horizontal e na vertical
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of torre
- torres plural
- tôrre alternative
- tôrres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to torre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is torre in Portuguese?
torre appears 28 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).