tuerto

tuerto

1. neuter of tuertu

• tugerto, tuguerto

From Old Spanish, from Latin tortus (“twisted”).

tuerto (feminine tuerta, masculine plural tuertos, feminine plural tuertas)

1. crooked
2. twisted
3. distorted

   Arvolé tuerto nunka se enderecha.

   A crooked tree never straightens itself.

Inherited from Latin tortus (“twisted”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtweɾto/ [ˈt̪weɾ.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɾto
• Syllabification: tuer‧to

tuerto (feminine tuerta, masculine plural tuertos, feminine plural tuertas)

1. one-eyed, blind in one eye

   Coordinate term: ciego

tuerto m (plural tuertos, feminine tuerta, feminine plural tuertas)

1. one-eyed person (someone blind in one eye)
2. tort, injury, offense
3. someone who is thought to bring bad luck to a person they see; evil eye

• In Spanish, if someone experiences bad luck, it can be said that a tuerto (“one-eyed person”) has seen them. So common expressions such as te ha mirado un tuerto (literally “a one-eyed person has seen you”) or me miró un tuerto (literally “a one-eyed person saw me”) could be translated as "what rotten luck" or "I/He/She was jinxed".

• “tuerto”, 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