stravolgere

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to twist, to writhe, to contort
  2. (transitive) to shake profoundly, to rock, to upset
  3. (transitive) to twist, to distort (words, etc.)

Hyphenated as
stra‧vòl‧ge‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/straˈvɔl.d͡ʒe.re/
Etymology

From stra- + volgere, or a substitution of the prefix in travolgere.

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