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In addition to solitary confinement, beating, kicking and torture by electric shocks appeared to be common practice in regard to young detainees.
Parecía que era corriente que los jóvenes detenidas estuvieran incomunicados, recibieran palizas y patadas y fueran torturados con elactroehoques,
© 2010 Naciones Unidas
© United Nations 2010
She couldn't watch the torture; she just couldn't.
No podía mirar la tortura, no podía.
Ward, J.R. / Lover AwakenedWard, J.R. / Amante Despierto
Amante Despierto
Ward, J.R.
Lover Awakened
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2006
Meals were a torture, giving her a taste of what it was going to be like when she and the Primale returned to the Sanctuary.
Las comidas eran una tortura, dándole una muestra de lo que sería cuando ella y el Primale regresaran al Santuario.
Ward, J.R. / Lover EnshrinedWard, J.R. / Amante Consagrado
Amante Consagrado
Ward, J.R.
© Traducción: 2009, Patricia Torres Londoño
© 2010, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.L.
© 2007, Jessica Bird
Lover Enshrined
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2008
This service has counsellors who can help refugees and people from refugee backgrounds who have experienced torture or have suffered traumatic experiences before coming to Australia.
Este servicio tiene consejeros que pueden ayudar a los refugiados o a personas que proceden de un entorno de refugiados y que han sido víctimas de tortura o han sufrido experiencias traumáticas antes de venir a Australia.
© New South Wales Health Department for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales
© New South Wales Health Department for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales
The defence argued that their evidence had been extracted under torture; nevertheless, the court found the evidence admissible.
La defensa adujo que habían confesado bajo torturar no obstante» el tribunal consideró que la prueba era admisible.
© 2010 Naciones Unidas
© United Nations 2010
'Do you know what torture is like, heretic?'
– ¿Tienes idea de lo que es la tortura, hereje?
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negro
El gallo negro
Sansom, Christopher John
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003
The poor little thing, the medical examiner said to a group of inspectors, the torture and abuse were more than she could stand.
La pobrecita, les dijo el forense a un grupo de judiciales, no pudo resistir el trance de la tortura y las vejaciones.
Bolano, Roberto / 2666Bolano, Roberto / 2666
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 por herederos de Roberto Bolaño
2666
Bolano, Roberto
© 2004 by the heirs of Roberto Bolaño
© 2008 by Natasha Wimmer
I don't believe Lord Cromwell was there when Jerome was tortured either.
Y tampoco creo que lord Cromwell estuviera presente mientras torturaban a Jerome.
Sansom, Christopher John / DissolutionSansom, Christopher John / El gallo negro
El gallo negro
Sansom, Christopher John
Dissolution
Sansom, Christopher John
© C.J. Sansom, 2003
The lessers were torturing civilians for information on the Brotherhood, so it was imperative to keep on the down-low.
Los lessers torturaban a los civiles buscando información sobre la Hermanad, por lo que era imperativo continuar escondidos.
Ward, J.R. / Lover AwakenedWard, J.R. / Amante Despierto
Amante Despierto
Ward, J.R.
Lover Awakened
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2006
As Qhuinn looked at his friend, he was not about to tell the guy that he was going to jail and then being released into the custody of Lash’s parents to be tortured for the rest of his days.
Cuando Qhuinn miró a su amigo, no estaba dispuesto contarle que estaba a punto de ir a la cárcel y que luego iba a ser puesto bajo la custodia de los padres de Lash para ser torturado durante el resto de sus días.
Ward, J.R. / Lover EnshrinedWard, J.R. / Amante Consagrado
Amante Consagrado
Ward, J.R.
© Traducción: 2009, Patricia Torres Londoño
© 2010, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.L.
© 2007, Jessica Bird
Lover Enshrined
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2008
He’d either be getting tortured right now or he’d be deader than dead.”
En este momento, lo estarían torturando o estaría más muerto que los muertos.
Ward, J.R. / Lover EnshrinedWard, J.R. / Amante Consagrado
Amante Consagrado
Ward, J.R.
© Traducción: 2009, Patricia Torres Londoño
© 2010, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.L.
© 2007, Jessica Bird
Lover Enshrined
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2008
He had pleaded with the police to let the girl go, because he had nothing to say, but instead he was tortured, beaten up, and his interrogators threatened to cut off his genitals.
el testigo pidió a la policía que pusiera en libertad a la joven porque íl no tenía nada que decir, pero, en vez de ello, se lo torturó y golpeó y las personas que lo interrogaban le amenazaron con cortarle las partes genitales.
© 2010 Naciones Unidas
© United Nations 2010
The cats and the possums and the raccoons he’d trapped and tortured had been okay, but they weren’t no human.
Los gatos, las zarigüeyas y los mapaches que atrapaba y torturaba estaban bien, pero no eran humanos.
Ward, J.R. / Lover EnshrinedWard, J.R. / Amante Consagrado
Amante Consagrado
Ward, J.R.
© Traducción: 2009, Patricia Torres Londoño
© 2010, Santillana Ediciones Generales, S.L.
© 2007, Jessica Bird
Lover Enshrined
Ward, J.R.
© Jessica Bird, 2008
The reporting sources expressed their serious concern about her health and feared that she could be tortured or ill-treated.
lias fuentes de la información expresaron su gran preocupación por la salud de la Sra, Mhlawuli y au temor de que pudiera ser torturada o sometida a malos tratos,
© 2010 Naciones Unidas
© United Nations 2010
All the dreadful uncertainty about the woman he wanted to love unreservedly tortured him anew.
Toda aquella terrible incertidumbre sobre la mujer a que él quería amar sin reservas le torturaba de nuevo.
Scarrow, Simon / The Eagle's ConquestScarrow, Simon / Roma Vincit!
Roma Vincit!
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow
© de la traducción: Montserrat Batista, 2002
© de la presente edición: Edhasa, 2002
The Eagle's Conquest
Scarrow, Simon
© 2001 by Simon Scarrow

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victim of torture
víctima de la tortura

Word forms

torture

verb
Basic forms
Pasttortured
Imperativetorture
Present Participle (Participle I)torturing
Past Participle (Participle II)tortured
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I torturewe torture
you tortureyou torture
he/she/it torturesthey torture
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am torturingwe are torturing
you are torturingyou are torturing
he/she/it is torturingthey are torturing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have torturedwe have tortured
you have torturedyou have tortured
he/she/it has torturedthey have tortured
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been torturingwe have been torturing
you have been torturingyou have been torturing
he/she/it has been torturingthey have been torturing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I torturedwe tortured
you torturedyou tortured
he/she/it torturedthey tortured
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was torturingwe were torturing
you were torturingyou were torturing
he/she/it was torturingthey were torturing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had torturedwe had tortured
you had torturedyou had tortured
he/she/it had torturedthey had tortured
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been torturingwe had been torturing
you had been torturingyou had been torturing
he/she/it had been torturingthey had been torturing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will torturewe shall/will torture
you will tortureyou will torture
he/she/it will torturethey will torture
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be torturingwe shall/will be torturing
you will be torturingyou will be torturing
he/she/it will be torturingthey will be torturing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have torturedwe shall/will have tortured
you will have torturedyou will have tortured
he/she/it will have torturedthey will have tortured
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been torturingwe shall/will have been torturing
you will have been torturingyou will have been torturing
he/she/it will have been torturingthey will have been torturing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would torturewe should/would torture
you would tortureyou would torture
he/she/it would torturethey would torture
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be torturingwe should/would be torturing
you would be torturingyou would be torturing
he/she/it would be torturingthey would be torturing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have torturedwe should/would have tortured
you would have torturedyou would have tortured
he/she/it would have torturedthey would have tortured
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been torturingwe should/would have been torturing
you would have been torturingyou would have been torturing
he/she/it would have been torturingthey would have been torturing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am torturedwe are tortured
you are torturedyou are tortured
he/she/it is torturedthey are tortured
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being torturedwe are being tortured
you are being torturedyou are being tortured
he/she/it is being torturedthey are being tortured
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been torturedwe have been tortured
you have been torturedyou have been tortured
he/she/it has been torturedthey have been tortured
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was torturedwe were tortured
you were torturedyou were tortured
he/she/it was torturedthey were tortured
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being torturedwe were being tortured
you were being torturedyou were being tortured
he/she/it was being torturedthey were being tortured
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been torturedwe had been tortured
you had been torturedyou had been tortured
he/she/it had been torturedthey had been tortured
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be torturedwe shall/will be tortured
you will be torturedyou will be tortured
he/she/it will be torturedthey will be tortured
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been torturedwe shall/will have been tortured
you will have been torturedyou will have been tortured
he/she/it will have been torturedthey will have been tortured

torture

noun
SingularPlural
Common casetorturetortures
Possessive casetorture'stortures'