"torcere" meaning in Italian

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Verb

IPA: /ˈtɔr.t͡ʃe.re/
Rhymes: -ɔrtʃere Etymology: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *torcĕre, from Latin torquēre. Etymology templates: {{dercat|it|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|it|VL.|*torcĕre|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Vulgar Latin *torcĕre, {{inh+|it|VL.|*torcĕre}} Inherited from Vulgar Latin *torcĕre, {{inh|it|la|torqueo|torquēre}} Latin torquēre Head templates: {{it-verb|a􂀿transitive􂁀:e􂀿intransitive􂁀\@}} tòrcere (first-person singular present tòrco, first-person singular past historic tòrsi, past participle tòrto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a􂀿transitive􂁀:e􂀿intransitive􂁀\@}} Forms: tòrcere [canonical], tòrco [first-person, present, singular], tòrsi [first-person, historic, past, singular], tòrto [participle, past], avére [auxiliary, transitive], èssere [auxiliary, intransitive], irregular [table-tags], tòrcere [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], èssere [auxiliary], torcèndo [gerund], torcènte [participle, present], tòrto [participle, past], tòrco [first-person, indicative, present, singular], tòrci [indicative, present, second-person, singular], tòrce [indicative, present, singular, third-person], torciàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], torcéte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], tòrcono [indicative, plural, present, third-person], torcévo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], torcévi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], torcéva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], torcevàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], torcevàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], torcévano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], tòrsi [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], torcésti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], tòrse [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], torcémmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], torcéste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], tòrsero [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], torcerò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], torcerài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], torcerà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], torcerémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], torceréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], torcerànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], torcerèi [conditional, first-person, present, singular], torcerésti [conditional, present, second-person, singular], torcerèbbe [conditional, present, singular, third-person], torcerébbe [conditional, present, singular, third-person], torcerémmo [conditional, first-person, plural, present], torceréste [conditional, plural, present, second-person], torcerèbbero [conditional, plural, present, third-person], torcerébbero [conditional, plural, present, third-person], tòrca [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], tòrca [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], tòrca [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], torciàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], torciàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], tòrcano [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], torcéssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], torcéssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], torcésse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], torcéssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], torcéste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], torcéssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], tòrci [imperative, second-person, singular], tòrca [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], torciàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], torcéte [imperative, plural, second-person], tòrcano [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], tòrcere [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], tòrca [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], torciàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], torcéte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], tòrcano [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. (transitive) twist Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-torcere-it-verb-clVK-Tij Categories (other): Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 16 38 16 31 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive: 22 26 22 30
  2. (transitive) wring Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-torcere-it-verb-FDSto7Gg Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs with irregular past historic, Italian verbs with irregular past participle, Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 17 43 17 24 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 6 78 6 9 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 16 38 16 31 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular past historic: 16 47 16 21 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with irregular past participle: 16 42 16 26 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive: 22 26 22 30
  3. (transitive) bend Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-torcere-it-verb-NuEQgZox Categories (other): Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 16 38 16 31 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive: 22 26 22 30
  4. (intransitive, uncommon) turn (in some direction) [auxiliary essere] Tags: intransitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-torcere-it-verb-ZPi9IroX Categories (other): Italian verbs ending in -ere, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary, Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ere: 16 38 16 31 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 12 14 12 62 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary: 11 13 11 65 Disambiguation of Italian verbs with root-stressed infinitive: 22 26 22 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: torcersi (english: to writhe), torcitoio
Related terms: attorcere, contorcere, distorcere, estorcere, ritorcere, storcere, tormento, torsione, torta, torto, tortura

Inflected forms

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      "english": "to writhe",
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    },
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    }
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "past",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "torcerà",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "plural"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
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        "second-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "torcerèbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tòrca",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "subjunctive"
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        "third-person"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "torciàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
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      "form": "torcéssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "form": "torcésse",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torcéste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "torcéssero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tòrci",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tòrca",
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        "imperative",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torciàmo",
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "torcéte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tòrcano",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
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    },
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        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "third-person"
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    {
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        "negative",
        "plural"
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        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tòrcano",
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        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "word": "attorcere"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "distorcere"
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      "word": "tormento"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "torsione"
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}

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