retorcido

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of retorcer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /retoɾˈθido/ [re.t̪oɾˈθi.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /retoɾˈsido/ [re.t̪oɾˈsi.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: re‧tor‧ci‧do

Adjective

retorcido (feminine retorcida, masculine plural retorcidos, feminine plural retorcidas)

1. twisted
   • 2021 December 8, Carlos Marcos, “Marilyn Manson: la caída al infierno del fantoche del rock”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Mentes preclaras de gustos retorcidos, como los cineastas David Lynch o Tim Burton, el actor Shia LaBeouf, el documentalista Michael Moore o el gurú del rock avanzado y cabecilla del grupo Nine Inch Nails, Trenz Reznor.

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2. kinky

Derived terms

• pino retorcido

 

Participle

retorcido (feminine retorcida, masculine plural retorcidos, feminine plural retorcidas)

1. past participle of retorcer

Further reading

• “retorcido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10