întortochea

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Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *intorticlāre < *intorticulāre, or from the less used variant form întortoca, from *intorticāre, from Latin intortus. Alternatively a derivation from the Romanian întort, from the aforementioned Latin participle. Compare French entortiller, Spanish entortijar, Friulian intorteâ, Catalan entortellar, which may instead derive from a related Vulgar Latin root *intortiliāre, from Latin tortilis (twisted, coiled).

Verb

a întortochea (third-person singular present întortochează, past participle întortocheat) 1st conj.

  1. to wind, twist
  2. (figurative) to complicate, muddle

Conjugation

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