distorcere

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Italian

Etymology

From dis- +‎ torcere, or from Latin distorquēre, with conjugation based on torcere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈstɔr.t͡ʃe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrtʃere
  • Hyphenation: di‧stòr‧ce‧re

Verb

distòrcere (first-person singular present distòrco, first-person singular past historic distòrsi, past participle distòrto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (literary) to twist, to contort (a part of the body)
  2. (figurative) to distort (a sentence, a sound, etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of distòrcere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive distòrcere
auxiliary verb avére gerund distorcèndo
present participle distorcènte past participle distòrto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present distòrco distòrci distòrce distorciàmo distorcéte distòrcono
imperfect distorcévo distorcévi distorcéva distorcevàmo distorcevàte distorcévano
past historic distòrsi distorcésti distòrse distorcémmo distorcéste distòrsero
future distorcerò distorcerài distorcerà distorcerémo distorceréte distorcerànno
conditional distorcerèi distorcerésti distorcerèbbe, distorcerébbe distorcerémmo distorceréste distorcerèbbero, distorcerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present distòrca distòrca distòrca distorciàmo distorciàte distòrcano
imperfect distorcéssi distorcéssi distorcésse distorcéssimo distorcéste distorcéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
distòrci distòrca distorciàmo distorcéte distòrcano
negative imperative non distòrcere non distòrca non distorciàmo non distorcéte non distòrcano

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