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distorcere

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Italian

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Etymology

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From dis- +‎ torcere, or from Latin distorquēre, with conjugation based on torcere.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /diˈstɔr.t͡ʃe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrtʃere
  • Hyphenation: di‧stòr‧ce‧re

Verb

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distòrcere (first-person singular present distòrco, first-person singular past historic distòrsi, past participle distòrto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (literary) to twist, to contort (a part of the body)
  2. (figurative) to distort (a sentence, a sound, etc.)

Conjugation

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