Translation
to torment, to plague
Examples
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The question tormented him all night.
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Do not torment the animal!
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Bad dreams tormented her.
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The cruel master tormented his servants.
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He was tormented by his guilt.
Broader than it looks. English "torture" is physical and specific, but covers the nagging thought, the toothache and the tormentor with the irons alike, so a question can perfectly well you. It is transitive, and -- gives the receiving end: i is to be tormented, with the cause introduced by pro. Turmento is the torment itself and turmentanto the one inflicting it. Note the neighbouring , which is intransitive - you without an object, but you somebody.
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