tortuous

Significado (Inglés)

1. (figuratively, often) Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
2. Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
3. (obsolete) Injurious; tortious.

Conceptos

tortuoso

sinuoso

torcido

laberíntico

pervertido

retorcido

Sinónimos

winding

twisting

meandering

sinuous

curved

twisty

zigzag

crooked

bent

spiral

serpentine

voluminous

Byzantine

convoluted

devious

involved

knotty

snaky

tangled

twisted

anfractuous

wry

squinty

vermiculated

complicated

misrepresented

oblique

roundabout

cockeyed

sinuate

bowed

slithering

torquated

sneaky

sophisticated

blind

spiry

zigzaging

tortile

troublesome

turbinal

going irregularly

bending

bandy

underhand

underhanded

vermicular

vermiculate

tortive

warped

Traducciones

tortueux

gewunden

kurvenreich

contorto

hileli

multiplex

sinuós

ελικοειδής

anfrattuoso

tortuós

schwierig

geschlängelt

verbog

schlängelnd

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈtɔːt͡ʃuːəs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: tortuous

In summary

From Middle English tortuous, tortuose, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tortuos, from Latin tortuōsus, from tortus (“a twisting, winding”).