retòrcer
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From re- + tòrcer (“to twist”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]retòrcer (first-person singular present retorço, first-person singular preterite retorcí, past participle retorçut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (transitive) to twist
- Synonym: retorçar
- (transitive) to twine
- (transitive, figurative) to twist, distort (an argument)
- Synonym: retorquir
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of retòrcer (second conjugation, ç-c alternation)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “retòrcer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.