tortuoso
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tor.tuˈo.zo/, (traditional) /tor.tuˈo.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ó‧so
Adjective
tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosi, feminine plural tortuose)
- winding, crooked, twisty, tortuous (road, etc.)
- Synonyms: diritto, rettilineo
- convoluted, devious (reasoning, explanation, etc.)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- tortuoso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- tortuoso in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- tortuoso in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- tortuóso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- tortüóso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɔr.tuˈoː.soː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t̪or.t̪uˈɔː.s̬o]
Adjective
tortuōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tortuōsus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /toʁ.tuˈo.zu/ [toh.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toʁˈtwo.zu/ [tohˈtwo.zu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /toɾ.tuˈo.zu/ [toɾ.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toɾˈtwo.zu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /toʁ.tuˈo.zu/ [toχ.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toʁˈtwo.zu/ [toχˈtwo.zu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toɻ.tuˈo.zo/ [toɻ.tʊˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /toɻˈtwo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾˈtwo.zu/
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧o‧so
Adjective
tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosos, feminine plural tortuosas, metaphonic)
- tortuous (having many turns and twists)
Related terms
Further reading
- “tortuoso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “tortuoso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “tortuoso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “tortuoso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “tortuoso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “tortuoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus (“coiled, winding”), from tortus (“twisted, twined”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toɾˈtwoso/ [t̪oɾˈt̪wo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: tor‧tuo‧so
Adjective
tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosos, feminine plural tortuosas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “tortuoso”, 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