retòrcer
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From re- + tòrcer (“to twist”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
retòrcer (first-person singular present retorço, first-person singular preterite retorcí, past participle retorçut); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (transitive) to twist
- Synonym: retorçar
- (transitive) to twine
- (transitive, figurative) to twist, distort (an argument)
- Synonym: retorquir
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of retòrcer (second conjugation, ç-c alternation)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “retòrcer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.