tortuoso

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tor.tuˈo.zo/, (traditional) /tor.tuˈo.so/
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ó‧so

Adjective[edit]

tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosi, feminine plural tortuose)

  1. winding, crooked, twisty, tortuous (road, etc.)
  2. convoluted, devious (reasoning, explanation, etc.)

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Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

tortuōsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tortuōsus

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /toʁ.tuˈo.zu/ [toh.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toʁˈtwo.zu/ [tohˈtwo.zu]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /toɾ.tuˈo.zu/ [toɾ.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toɾˈtwo.zu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /toʁ.tuˈo.zu/ [toχ.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toʁˈtwo.zu/ [toχˈtwo.zu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toɻ.tuˈo.zo/ [toɻ.tʊˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /toɻˈtwo.zo/

  • Rhymes: -ozu
  • Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧o‧so

Adjective[edit]

tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosos, feminine plural tortuosas, metaphonic)

  1. tortuous (having many turns and twists)

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus (“coiled, winding”), from tortus (“twisted, twined”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /toɾˈtwoso/ [t̪oɾˈt̪wo.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: tor‧tuo‧so

Adjective[edit]

tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosos, feminine plural tortuosas)

  1. winding, tortuous

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