distorcere
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From dis- + torcere, or from Latin distorquēre, with conjugation based on torcere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
distòrcere (first-person singular present distòrco, first-person singular past historic distòrsi, past participle distòrto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- (literary) to twist, to contort (a part of the body)
- (figurative) to distort (a sentence, a sound, etc.)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of distòrcere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)