torcebraç

Verb-object compound, composed of torce (“to twist”) +‎ braç (“arm”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌtɔr.səˈβɾas]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌtɔr.səˈbɾas]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌtɔɾ.seˈbɾas]
• Rhymes: -as

torcebraç m (plural torcebraços)

1. arm wrestling
2. (figurative) back and forth, give and take

   Synonym: estira-i-arronsa

• “torcebraç”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007