contort

Significado (Inglés)

1. (transitive) To twist in a violent manner.
2. (intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.

Conceptos

torcer

retorcer

deformar

contorsionar

Sinónimos

twist

distort

deform

wring

warp

wrench

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bend

curl

huddle

wrest

curve

mangle

wrick

pervert

sprain

turn

round

screw up

skew

batter

strain

tortile

twiddle

twine

twirl

uglify

vellicate

wreath

writhe

intertwist

squirm

belie

break

convulse

crick

crook

deface

disfigure

distord

garble

incurve

mar

misrepresent

misshape

prise

quirk

Traducciones

tordre

verdrehen

twijnen

verdraaien

verbuigen

verwringen

contorcer

bükmek

déformer

torcer

burmak

wringen

vertrekken

retorcer

contorcere

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kənˈtɔː(ɹ)t/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: -

In summary

Equivalent to con- + -tort; from Middle English, borrowed from Latin contortus, past participle of contorqueō, from com- + torqueō (“twist, turn”).