martelen
torture
verb · /ˈmɑr.tə.lə(n)/
Forms
- Also means
- torment
- How common
- among the 10,000 most common Dutch words
In a sentence
De muggen martelen me elke zomer weer.
The mosquitos torture me every summer again.
De dictator heeft zijn tegenstanders gemarteld.
The dictator tortured his opponents.
Niemand mag gemarteld worden in dit land.
Nobody may be tortured in this country.
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