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Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *torcĕre, from Latin torquēre.
Pronunciation
Verb
torcer (first-person singular present torço, first-person singular preterite torci, past participle torcido)
- to twist (to turn the ends in opposite directions)
- to wring (to squeeze or twist tightly so that liquid is forced out)
- to twist (to injure a body part by bending it in the wrong direction)
- to hope for something to happen
- (sports) to support a team
- (by extension) to hope for someone’s or something’s success
Conjugation
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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *torcĕre, from Latin torquēre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /toɾˈθeɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /toɾˈseɾ/
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: tor‧cer
Verb
torcer (first-person singular present tuerzo, first-person singular preterite torcí, past participle torcido)
- to twist
- to bend
- to sprain
- to veer; to turn
- (reflexive) to twist, to bend
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of torcer (o-ue alternation; c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive torcer
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dative
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torcerme
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torcerte
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torcerle, torcerse
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torcernos
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torceros
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torcerles, torcerse
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accusative
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torcerme
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torcerte
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torcerlo, torcerla, torcerse
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torcernos
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torceros
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torcerlos, torcerlas, torcerse
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with gerund torciendo
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dative
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torciéndome
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torciéndote
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torciéndole, torciéndose
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torciéndonos
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torciéndoos
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torciéndoles, torciéndose
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accusative
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torciéndome
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torciéndote
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torciéndolo, torciéndola, torciéndose
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torciéndonos
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torciéndoos
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torciéndolos, torciéndolas, torciéndose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative tuerce
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dative
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tuérceme
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tuércete
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tuércele
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tuércenos
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not used
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tuérceles
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accusative
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tuérceme
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tuércete
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tuércelo, tuércela
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tuércenos
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not used
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tuércelos, tuércelas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative torcé
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dative
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torceme
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torcete
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torcele
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torcenos
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not used
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torceles
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accusative
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torceme
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torcete
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torcelo, torcela
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torcenos
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not used
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torcelos, torcelas
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with formal second-person singular imperative tuerza
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dative
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tuérzame
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not used
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tuérzale, tuérzase
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tuérzanos
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not used
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tuérzales
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accusative
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tuérzame
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not used
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tuérzalo, tuérzala, tuérzase
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tuérzanos
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not used
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tuérzalos, tuérzalas
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with first-person plural imperative torzamos
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dative
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not used
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torzámoste
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torzámosle
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torzámonos
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torzámoos
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torzámosles
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accusative
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not used
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torzámoste
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torzámoslo, torzámosla
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torzámonos
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torzámoos
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torzámoslos, torzámoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative torced
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dative
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torcedme
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not used
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torcedle
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torcednos
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torceos
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torcedles
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accusative
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torcedme
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not used
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torcedlo, torcedla
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torcednos
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torceos
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torcedlos, torcedlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative tuerzan
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dative
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tuérzanme
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not used
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tuérzanle
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tuérzannos
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not used
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tuérzanles, tuérzanse
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accusative
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tuérzanme
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not used
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tuérzanlo, tuérzanla
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tuérzannos
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not used
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tuérzanlos, tuérzanlas, tuérzanse
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