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.) Antonyms: chiaro, schietto, franco ==== 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): [tor.tuˈɔː.s̬o] === Adjective === tortuōsō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tortuōsus == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus. === Pronunciation === 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, 2008–2026 “tortuoso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “tortuoso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “tortuoso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “tortuoso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “tortuoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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) winding, tortuous Synonym: sinuoso ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “tortuoso”, 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