tuerto

Asturian

Adjective

tuerto

1. neuter of tuertu

Ladino

Alternative forms

• tugerto, tuguerto

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin tortus (“twisted”).

Adjective

tuerto (Latin spelling, feminine tuerta, masculine plural tuertos, feminine plural tuertas)

1. crooked
2. twisted
3. distorted

   Arvolé tuerto nunka se enderecha.

   A crooked tree never straightens itself.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tortus (“twisted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtweɾto/ [ˈt̪weɾ.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɾto
• Syllabification: tuer‧to

Adjective

tuerto (feminine tuerta, masculine plural tuertos, feminine plural tuertas)

1. one-eyed, blind in one eye

   Coordinate term: ciego

Derived terms

• chino tuerto
• desconfiado como gallo tuerto
• desconfiado como mula tuerta

 

Noun

tuerto m (plural tuertos, feminine tuerta, feminine plural tuertas)

1. one-eyed person (someone blind in one eye)
2. tort, injury, offense
3. someone who is thought to bring bad luck to a person they see; evil eye

Usage notes

• In Spanish, if someone experiences bad luck, it can be said that a tuerto (“one-eyed person”) has seen them. So common expressions such as te ha mirado un tuerto (literally “a one-eyed person has seen you”) or me miró un tuerto (literally “a one-eyed person saw me”) could be translated as "what rotten luck" or "I/He/She was jinxed".

Derived terms

• en el reino de los ciegos, el tuerto es el rey

 

Related terms

• torcer
• torta
• tortura

 

Further reading

• “tuerto”, 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