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Asturian
Adjective
tuerto
- neuter of tuertu
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish, from Latin tortus (“twisted”).
Adjective
tuerto (Latin spelling, feminine tuerta, masculine plural tuertos, feminine plural tuertas)
- crooked
- twisted
- distorted
Arvolé tuerto nunka se enderecha.- A crooked tree never straightens itself.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin tortus (“twisted”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtweɾto/
- Rhymes: -eɾto
- Syllabification: tuer‧to
Adjective
tuerto (feminine tuerta, masculine plural tuertos, feminine plural tuertas)
- one-eyed, blind in one eye
- Coordinate term: ciego
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Noun
tuerto m (plural tuertos, feminine tuerta, feminine plural tuertas)
- one-eyed person (someone blind in one eye)
- tort, injury, offense
- someone who is thought to bring bad luck to a person they see
Usage notes
- In Spanish, if someone experiences bad luck, it can be said that a tuerto (“one-eyed person”) has seen them. So common expressions such as te ha mirado un tuerto (literally “a one-eyed person has seen you”) or me miró un tuerto (literally “a one-eyed person saw me”) could be translated as "what rotten luck" or "I/He/She was jinxed".
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