destoarce

Romanian

Etymology

From des- +‎ toarce (or întoarce), possibly corresponding to Latin distorqueō, distorquēre (through a Vulgar Latin root *distorcere).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /des.ˈto̯ar.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -art͡ʃe
  • Hyphenation: des‧toar‧ce

Verb

a destoarce (third-person singular present destoarce, past participle destors, third-person subjunctive destoarcă) 3rd conjugation

  1. (obsolete, rare, regional) (used with the dative of the reflexive pronoun) to compensate, make up for, or make amends for a wrongdoing or harm

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