torcere

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See also: torceré

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *torcĕre, from Latin torquēre.

Pronunciation

Verb

tòrcere (first-person singular present tòrco, first-person singular past historic tòrsi, past participle tòrto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) twist
  2. (transitive) wring
  3. (transitive) bend
  4. (intransitive, uncommon) turn (in some direction)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tòrcere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive tòrcere
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund torcèndo
present participle torcènte past participle tòrto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present tòrco tòrci tòrce torciàmo torcéte tòrcono
imperfect torcévo torcévi torcéva torcevàmo torcevàte torcévano
past historic tòrsi torcésti tòrse torcémmo torcéste tòrsero
future torcerò torcerài torcerà torcerémo torceréte torcerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present torcerèi torcerésti torcerèbbe, torcerébbe torcerémmo torceréste torcerèbbero, torcerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present tòrca tòrca tòrca torciàmo torciàte tòrcano
imperfect torcéssi torcéssi torcésse torcéssimo torcéste torcéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
tòrci tòrca torciàmo torcéte tòrcano
negative imperative non tòrcere non tòrca non torciàmo non torcéte non tòrcano

1Transitive.
2Intransitive.

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