ritorcere

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Italian

Etymology

From ri- +‎ torcere (“to twist”), or from Vulgar Latin *retorcere, from Latin retorquēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riˈtɔr.t͡ʃe.re/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrtʃere
  • Hyphenation: ri‧tòr‧ce‧re

Verb

ritòrcere (first-person singular present ritòrco, first-person singular past historic ritòrsi, past participle ritòrto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to twist again, to retwist (wire, etc.)
  2. to twist in the opposite direction, to twist back
  3. to retort (an insult, etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ritòrcere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive ritòrcere
auxiliary verb avére gerund ritorcèndo
present participle ritorcènte past participle ritòrto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present ritòrco ritòrci ritòrce ritorciàmo ritorcéte ritòrcono
imperfect ritorcévo ritorcévi ritorcéva ritorcevàmo ritorcevàte ritorcévano
past historic ritòrsi ritorcésti ritòrse ritorcémmo ritorcéste ritòrsero
future ritorcerò ritorcerài ritorcerà ritorcerémo ritorceréte ritorcerànno
conditional ritorcerèi ritorcerésti ritorcerèbbe, ritorcerébbe ritorcerémmo ritorceréste ritorcerèbbero, ritorcerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present ritòrca ritòrca ritòrca ritorciàmo ritorciàte ritòrcano
imperfect ritorcéssi ritorcéssi ritorcésse ritorcéssimo ritorcéste ritorcéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
ritòrci ritòrca ritorciàmo ritorcéte ritòrcano
negative imperative non ritòrcere non ritòrca non ritorciàmo non ritorcéte non ritòrcano

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