destorcer
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.toʁˈse(ʁ)/ [des.tohˈse(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.toɾˈse(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.toʁˈse(ʁ)/ [deʃ.toχˈse(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.toɻˈse(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.tuɾˈseɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.tuɾˈse.ɾi/
- Homophone: distorcer
- Hyphenation: des‧tor‧cer
Verb
destorcer (first-person singular present destorço, first-person singular preterite destorci, past participle destorcido)
- to untwist
Conjugation
Conjugation of destorcer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | destorcer | |||||
| Personal | destorcer | destorceres | destorcer | destorcermos | destorcerdes | destorcerem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| destorcendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | destorcido | destorcidos | ||||
| Feminine | destorcida | destorcidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | destorço | destorces | destorce | destorcemos | destorceis | destorcem |
| Imperfect | destorcia | destorcias | destorcia | destorcíamos | destorcíeis | destorciam |
| Preterite | destorci | destorceste | destorceu | destorcemos | destorcestes | destorceram |
| Pluperfect | destorcera | destorceras | destorcera | destorcêramos | destorcêreis | destorceram |
| Future | destorcerei | destorcerás | destorcerá | destorceremos | destorcereis | destorcerão |
| Conditional | destorceria | destorcerias | destorceria | destorceríamos | destorceríeis | destorceriam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | destorça | destorças | destorça | destorçamos | destorçais | destorçam |
| Imperfect | destorcesse | destorcesses | destorcesse | destorcêssemos | destorcêsseis | destorcessem |
| Future | destorcer | destorceres | destorcer | destorcermos | destorcerdes | destorcerem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | destorce | destorça | destorçamos | destorcei | destorçam | |
| Negative (não) | não destorças | não destorça | não destorçamos | não destorçais | não destorçam | |
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + torcer, or from Vulgar Latin *distorcēre, from Latin distorquēre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /destoɾˈθeɾ/ [d̪es.t̪oɾˈθeɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /destoɾˈseɾ/ [d̪es.t̪oɾˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: des‧tor‧cer
Verb
destorcer (first-person singular present destuerzo, first-person singular preterite destorcí, past participle destorcido)
- to untwist
Conjugation
Conjugation of destorcer (o-ue alternation; c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of destorcer (o-ue alternation; c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive destorcer | dative | destorcerme | destorcerte | destorcerle, destorcerse | destorcernos | destorceros | destorcerles, destorcerse |
| accusative | destorcerme | destorcerte | destorcerlo, destorcerla, destorcerse | destorcernos | destorceros | destorcerlos, destorcerlas, destorcerse | |
| with gerund destorciendo | dative | destorciéndome | destorciéndote | destorciéndole, destorciéndose | destorciéndonos | destorciéndoos | destorciéndoles, destorciéndose |
| accusative | destorciéndome | destorciéndote | destorciéndolo, destorciéndola, destorciéndose | destorciéndonos | destorciéndoos | destorciéndolos, destorciéndolas, destorciéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative destuerce | dative | destuérceme | destuércete | destuércele | destuércenos | not used | destuérceles |
| accusative | destuérceme | destuércete | destuércelo, destuércela | destuércenos | not used | destuércelos, destuércelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative destorcé | dative | destorceme | destorcete | destorcele | destorcenos | not used | destorceles |
| accusative | destorceme | destorcete | destorcelo, destorcela | destorcenos | not used | destorcelos, destorcelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative destuerza | dative | destuérzame | not used | destuérzale, destuérzase | destuérzanos | not used | destuérzales |
| accusative | destuérzame | not used | destuérzalo, destuérzala, destuérzase | destuérzanos | not used | destuérzalos, destuérzalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative destorzamos | dative | not used | destorzámoste | destorzámosle | destorzámonos | destorzámoos | destorzámosles |
| accusative | not used | destorzámoste | destorzámoslo, destorzámosla | destorzámonos | destorzámoos | destorzámoslos, destorzámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative destorced | dative | destorcedme | not used | destorcedle | destorcednos | destorceos | destorcedles |
| accusative | destorcedme | not used | destorcedlo, destorcedla | destorcednos | destorceos | destorcedlos, destorcedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative destuerzan | dative | destuérzanme | not used | destuérzanle | destuérzannos | not used | destuérzanles, destuérzanse |
| accusative | destuérzanme | not used | destuérzanlo, destuérzanla | destuérzannos | not used | destuérzanlos, destuérzanlas, destuérzanse | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “destorcer”, 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