Meaning of tormentone in Italian
Tormentone in Italian refers to something that becomes extremely popular. It’s commonly used to describe a hit summer song, a catchphrase or trend that people talk about non-stop. You can translate it into English as “a hit” or “a craze”.
| Origin | From tormento, which means “torment” or “annoyance”, and the verb tormentare, meaning “to torment, to annoy”. There’s also the descriptive suffix “-one” that is often added to words to indicate something big. In this case, big enough to give you a massive earworm! We could translate tormentone as “big torment |
| Pronunciation | /tormenˈtoːne/ |
Tormentone
Hit song
Tormentone in Italian: Different forms
Like most nouns in Italian, tormentone has two articles (definite or indefinite articles) and two numbers (singular or plural).
Un tormentone
A hit song
Dei tormentoni
Some hit songs
Il tormentone
The hit song
I tormentoni
The hit songs
Tormentone in Italian: Examples
Questa canzone è diventata un vero tormentone estivo.
This song has become a real summer hit.
Qual è il titolo del tormentone di questa estate?
What is the title of this summer’s hit song?
Il nuovo gioco da tavolo è diventato un tormentone tra i bambini.
The new board game has become a hit among children.
Despacito è un vero tormentone.
Despacito is a real hit song.
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