contorsionar

Spanish

Etymology

From contorsión +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontoɾsjoˈnaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪oɾ.sjoˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tor‧sio‧nar

Verb

contorsionar (first-person singular present contorsiono, first-person singular preterite contorsioné, past participle contorsionado)

1. to contort, twist
   • 2015 September 19, “Un otoño precoz”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Emocionarse, alzar las manitas y contorsionar sin miedo a perder el tono, el tino o a hacer el ridículo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (reflexive) to contort oneself

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contorsionar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			contorsionar
gerund			contorsionando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contorsionado		contorsionada
		plural		contorsionados		contorsionadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contorsiono	contorsionastú contorsionásvos	contorsiona	contorsionamos	contorsionáis	contorsionan
	imperfect	contorsionaba	contorsionabas	contorsionaba	contorsionábamos	contorsionabais	contorsionaban
	preterite	contorsioné	contorsionaste	contorsionó	contorsionamos	contorsionasteis	contorsionaron
	future	contorsionaré	contorsionarás	contorsionará	contorsionaremos	contorsionaréis	contorsionarán
	conditional	contorsionaría	contorsionarías	contorsionaría	contorsionaríamos	contorsionaríais	contorsionarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contorsione	contorsionestú contorsionésvos2	contorsione	contorsionemos	contorsionéis	contorsionen
	imperfect (ra)	contorsionara	contorsionaras	contorsionara	contorsionáramos	contorsionarais	contorsionaran
	imperfect (se)	contorsionase	contorsionases	contorsionase	contorsionásemos	contorsionaseis	contorsionasen
	future1	contorsionare	contorsionares	contorsionare	contorsionáremos	contorsionareis	contorsionaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contorsionatú contorsionávos	contorsione	contorsionemos	contorsionad	contorsionen
	negative		no contorsiones	no contorsione	no contorsionemos	no contorsionéis	no contorsionen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of contorsionar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive contorsionar
	dative	contorsionarme	contorsionarte	contorsionarle, contorsionarse	contorsionarnos	contorsionaros	contorsionarles, contorsionarse
	accusative	contorsionarme	contorsionarte	contorsionarlo, contorsionarla, contorsionarse	contorsionarnos	contorsionaros	contorsionarlos, contorsionarlas, contorsionarse
with gerund contorsionando
	dative	contorsionándome	contorsionándote	contorsionándole, contorsionándose	contorsionándonos	contorsionándoos	contorsionándoles, contorsionándose
	accusative	contorsionándome	contorsionándote	contorsionándolo, contorsionándola, contorsionándose	contorsionándonos	contorsionándoos	contorsionándolos, contorsionándolas, contorsionándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contorsiona
	dative	contorsióname	contorsiónate	contorsiónale	contorsiónanos	not used	contorsiónales
	accusative	contorsióname	contorsiónate	contorsiónalo, contorsiónala	contorsiónanos	not used	contorsiónalos, contorsiónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contorsioná
	dative	contorsioname	contorsionate	contorsionale	contorsionanos	not used	contorsionales
	accusative	contorsioname	contorsionate	contorsionalo, contorsionala	contorsionanos	not used	contorsionalos, contorsionalas
with formal second-person singular imperative contorsione
	dative	contorsióneme	not used	contorsiónele, contorsiónese	contorsiónenos	not used	contorsióneles
	accusative	contorsióneme	not used	contorsiónelo, contorsiónela, contorsiónese	contorsiónenos	not used	contorsiónelos, contorsiónelas
with first-person plural imperative contorsionemos
	dative	not used	contorsionémoste	contorsionémosle	contorsionémonos	contorsionémoos	contorsionémosles
	accusative	not used	contorsionémoste	contorsionémoslo, contorsionémosla	contorsionémonos	contorsionémoos	contorsionémoslos, contorsionémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contorsionad
	dative	contorsionadme	not used	contorsionadle	contorsionadnos	contorsionaos	contorsionadles
	accusative	contorsionadme	not used	contorsionadlo, contorsionadla	contorsionadnos	contorsionaos	contorsionadlos, contorsionadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contorsionen
	dative	contorsiónenme	not used	contorsiónenle	contorsiónennos	not used	contorsiónenles, contorsiónense
	accusative	contorsiónenme	not used	contorsiónenlo, contorsiónenla	contorsiónennos	not used	contorsiónenlos, contorsiónenlas, contorsiónense

Further reading

• “contorsionarse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28