atormentar
/atoɾmenˈtaɾ/ · B2 · verb
to torment
😖 a-TORMENT-ar: the English word torment is hiding right inside it
Atormentar comes from Latin tormentum, a twisting or torture device, the same source as English torment. Spot torment inside a-tor-ment-ar and the meaning follows: to cause someone suffering.