tortuoso
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin tortuōsus.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /tor.tuˈo.zo/, (traditional) /tor.tuˈo.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ó‧so
Adjective
edittortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosi, feminine plural tortuose)
- winding, crooked, twisty, tortuous (road, etc.)
- Synonyms: diritto, rettilineo
- convoluted, devious (reasoning, explanation, etc.)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- tortuoso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- tortuoso in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- tortuoso in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- tortuóso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- tortüóso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tor.tuˈoː.soː/, [t̪ɔrt̪uˈoːs̠oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tor.tuˈo.so/, [t̪ort̪uˈɔːs̬o]
Adjective
edittortuōsō
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin tortuōsus.
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧o‧so
Adjective
edittortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosos, feminine plural tortuosas, metaphonic)
- tortuous (having many turns and twists)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “tortuoso”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “tortuoso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “tortuoso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “tortuoso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “tortuoso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “tortuoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin tortuōsus (“coiled, winding”), from tortus (“twisted, twined”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edittortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosos, feminine plural tortuosas)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “tortuoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Italian/ozo
- Rhymes:Italian/ozo/4 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/oso
- Rhymes:Italian/oso/4 syllables
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ozu
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- Rhymes:Spanish/oso
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