contorcer
Portuguese
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin contorquēre, reshaped by analogy with torcer.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.toʁˈse(ʁ)/ [kõ.tohˈse(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.toɾˈse(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.toʁˈse(ʁ)/ [kõ.toχˈse(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.toɻˈse(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tuɾˈseɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tuɾˈse.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: con‧tor‧cer
Verb
contorcer (first-person singular present contorço, first-person singular preterite contorci, past participle contorcido)
Conjugation
Conjugation of contorcer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Related terms
- contorção
- torcer