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
- (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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See also
Further reading
- “destoarce”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025