torcido

Portuguese

Etymology

From torcer (“to twist”) +‎ -ido.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁˈsi.du/ [tohˈsi.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁˈsi.du/ [tohˈsi.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /toɾˈsi.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toʁˈsi.du/ [toχˈsi.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toɻˈsi.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾˈsi.du/ [tuɾˈsi.ðu]

• Hyphenation: tor‧ci‧do

Adjective

torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)

1. twisted (wound in opposite directions)

Participle

torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)

1. past participle of torcer

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin torqueō (“twist, turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈθido/ [t̪oɾˈθi.ð̞o] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /toɾˈsido/ [t̪oɾˈsi.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: tor‧ci‧do

Adjective

torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)

1. twisted, askew
2. winding, crooked
3. torqued
4. cross-eyed

   Synonyms: bizco, estrábico, ojituerto

5. unlucky

   Synonyms: desafortunado, desgraciado

Noun

torcido m (plural torcidos)

1. twist, curl

Related terms

• torcer
• torcida

Participle

torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)

1. past participle of torcer

Further reading

• “torcido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024