torcido
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From torcer (“to twist”) + -ido.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: tor‧ci‧do
Adjective edit
torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)
- twisted (wound in opposite directions)
Participle edit
torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)
- past participle of torcer
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin torqueō (“twist, turn”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /toɾˈθido/ [t̪oɾˈθi.ð̞o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /toɾˈsido/ [t̪oɾˈsi.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: tor‧ci‧do
Adjective edit
torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)
- twisted, askew
- winding, crooked
- torqued
- cross-eyed
- unlucky
- Synonyms: desafortunado, desgraciado
Noun edit
torcido m (plural torcidos)
Related terms edit
Participle edit
torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)
- past participle of torcer
Further reading edit
- “torcido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014