Definition of "tormenta" [tormenta]

• Plural of tormentum. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "a "tormenta" are certain forerunners of bad weather and storms."
• ""tormenta", which if you look at the root of the word gives you a pretty good idea of how we felt sitting in the house looking out the window."
• "One technique they used, waterboarding, bears a great deal of similarity to the so-called “tormenta de toca” from the Spanish Inquisition."