torso
Portuguese, noun/ˈtoʁ.su/
torso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “torso” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto constituído pelas espáduas, pelo tórax e pela parte superior do abdome”.
What does torso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetorso
- 2
masculineartistic work that represents the human torso, without head or limbs
adjective
- 1
twisted, crooked
- 2
Solomonic (said, in particular, of the column with a shaft carved in a spiral)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto constituído pelas espáduas, pelo tórax e pela parte superior do abdome 2. escultura que representa o corpo humano sem cabeça nem membros
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 torso
- torsos plural
- torsa feminine
- torsas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce torso?
- Brazil /ˈtoʁ.su/
- Brazil [ˈtoh.su]
- /ˈtoɾ.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to torso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is torso in Portuguese?
torso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).