contorcer

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin contorquēre, reshaped by analogy with torcer.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.toʁˈse(ʁ)/ [kõ.tohˈse(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.toɾˈse(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.toʁˈse(ʁ)/ [kõ.toχˈse(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.toɻˈse(ɻ)/

  • Hyphenation: con‧tor‧cer

Verb

contorcer (first-person singular present contorço, first-person singular preterite contorci, past participle contorcido)

  1. (transitive) to contort; to writhe; to squirm (to twist violently)

Conjugation

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