tortuoso

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tor.tuˈo.zo/, (traditional) /tor.tuˈo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ó‧so

Adjective

tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosi, feminine plural tortuose)

1. winding, crooked, twisty, tortuous (road, etc.)

   Synonyms: diritto, rettilineo

2. convoluted, devious (reasoning, explanation, etc.)

   Antonyms: chiaro, schietto, franco

Derived terms

• tortuosamente
• tortuosità

 

Related terms

• torcere
• torto

 

Further reading

• 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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tor.tuˈoː.soː/, [t̪ɔrt̪uˈoːs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tor.tuˈo.so/, [t̪ort̪uˈɔːs̬o]

Adjective

tortuōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tortuōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁ.tuˈo.zu/ [toh.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toʁˈtwo.zu/ [tohˈtwo.zu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁ.tuˈo.zu/ [toh.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toʁˈtwo.zu/ [tohˈtwo.zu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /toɾ.tuˈo.zu/ [toɾ.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toɾˈtwo.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toʁ.tuˈo.zu/ [toχ.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toʁˈtwo.zu/ [toχˈtwo.zu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toɻ.tuˈo.zo/ [toɻ.tʊˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /toɻˈtwo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾˈtwo.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧o‧so

Adjective

tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosos, feminine plural tortuosas, metaphonic)

1. tortuous (having many turns and twists)

Related terms

• torcer
• torto

 

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus (“coiled, winding”), from tortus (“twisted, twined”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈtwoso/ [t̪oɾˈt̪wo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: tor‧tuo‧so

Adjective

tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosos, feminine plural tortuosas)

1. winding, tortuous

Related terms

• torcer
• tortuosidad
• tuerto

 

Further reading

• “tortuoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014