atormentante
Spanish
Etymology
From atormentar + -ante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /atoɾmenˈtante/ [a.t̪oɾ.mẽn̪ˈt̪ãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: a‧tor‧men‧tan‧te
Adjective
atormentante m or f (masculine and feminine plural atormentantes)
- (literary) tormenting
- Synonyms: angustiante, agobiante
Further reading
- Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “atormentante”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
- “atormentante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025