retorcido
Spanish
Etymology
Past participle of retorcer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /retoɾˈθido/ [re.t̪oɾˈθi.ð̞o] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /retoɾˈsido/ [re.t̪oɾˈsi.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: re‧tor‧ci‧do
Adjective
retorcido (feminine retorcida, masculine plural retorcidos, feminine plural retorcidas)
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- kinky
Derived terms
Participle
retorcido (feminine retorcida, masculine plural retorcidos, feminine plural retorcidas)
- 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], 10 December 2024