torcido
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From torcer (“to twist”) + -ido.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: tor‧ci‧do
=== Adjective ===
torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)
twisted (wound in opposite directions)
=== Participle ===
torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)
past participle of torcer
=== Further reading ===
“torcido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“torcido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Ultimately from Latin torqueō (“twist, turn”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /toɾˈθido/ [t̪oɾˈθi.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
IPA(key): /toɾˈsido/ [t̪oɾˈsi.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -ido
Syllabification: tor‧ci‧do
=== Adjective ===
torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)
twisted, askew
winding, crooked
torqued
cross-eyed
Synonyms: bizco, estrábico, ojituerto
unlucky
Synonyms: desafortunado, desgraciado
=== Noun ===
torcido m (plural torcidos)
twist, curl
==== Related terms ====
=== Participle ===
torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)
past participle of torcer
=== Further reading ===
“torcido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025