How do you say “to torment” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say bassaca, bourrela, carcagna, caïna, divaga, estenaia. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | bassaca, bourrela, carcagna, caïna, divaga, estenaia, taravela, tourmenta, tragi |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
bassaca
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to jolt, to ransack (disorder), to shake, to rehash, to torment |
bourrela
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to torment |
carcagna
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to worry, to vex; to annoy; to torment; to grieve; to solicit |
caïna
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to vex, to torment |
divaga
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to ramble, to trouble, to torment |
estenaia
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to torment |
taravela
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | obsessed (sexual); to torment; to worry |
tourmenta
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to torment; tormented |
tragi
| Grammatical category | Adjective |
| English translation | to digest; tragic; to torment |
| Feminine | tragico |
| Variants | tragico |