tergiversar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin tergiversārī.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [tər.ʒi.βərˈsa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [tər.ʒi.vərˈsa]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [teɾ.d͡ʒi.veɾˈsaɾ]
Verb edit
tergiversar (first-person singular present tergiverso, first-person singular preterite tergiversí, past participle tergiversat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to misrepresent, to twist or distort (the meaning of)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tergiversar (first conjugation)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tergiversar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tergiversāri.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ter‧gi‧ver‧sar
Verb edit
tergiversar (first-person singular present tergiverso, first-person singular preterite tergiversei, past participle tergiversado)
- to tergiversate (to evade an issue)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tergiversar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tergiversāri. Cognate with English tergiversate.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tergiversar (first-person singular present tergiverso, first-person singular preterite tergiversé, past participle tergiversado)
- to misrepresent, to twist, to distort
- to tergiversate, to prevaricate
- Synonym: prevaricar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tergiversar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of tergiversar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tergiversar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014