distorcer
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin distorquēre, with conjugation based on torcer.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒis.toʁˈse(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.tohˈse(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /d͡ʒis.toɾˈse(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒiʃ.toʁˈse(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.toχˈse(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒis.toɻˈse(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /diʃ.tuɾˈseɾ/, /dɨʃ.tuɾˈseɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /diʃ.tuɾˈse.ɾi/, /dɨʃ.tuɾˈse.ɾi/
- Homophone: destorcer
- Hyphenation: dis‧tor‧cer
Verb
distorcer (first-person singular present distorço, first-person singular preterite distorci, past participle distorcido)
- (transitive) to distort (to bring something out of shape)
- (transitive) to distort (to give false account of)
Conjugation
Conjugation of distorcer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)