English-Spanish translations for torture

  • torturarEl Gobierno español les ha indultado, así que pueden torturar impunemente en España. The Spanish Government has pardoned them, so they can torture with impunity in Spain. No es necesario torturar a los animales si uno quiere comérselos después. It is not necessary to torture animals if you want to eat them later. No soy un enfant terrible como para torturarles aquí. I am not such an enfant terrible as to torture you here.
  • suplicio
  • torturaLa tortura es una práctica generalizada. Torture is still widely practised. No obstante, la policía emplea la tortura. Nevertheless, the police use torture. Sabemos que sigue habiendo casos de torturas. We know that torture is still going on.

Definition of torture

Examples

  • Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture
  • In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder
  • People confess to anything under torture
  • Every time she says goodbye it is torture!
  • Coventry City midfielder Josh Ruffels described his 11 months out injured as absolute torture after the goalless draw with Derby County Under-21s. ([http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/eleven-months-of-absolute-torture-760652.aspx]
  • People who torture often have sadistic tendencies
  • In the aftermath of 9/11, we did some things that were wrong. We did a whole lot of things that were right, but, we tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values

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