"tortuoso" meaning in Italiano

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Adjective

IPA: /tortuˈoso/, /tortuˈozo/ Forms: tortuosi [masculine, plural], tortuosa [feminine, singular], tortuose [feminine, plural]
  1. che presenta molte curve
    Sense id: it-tortuoso-it-adj-~TvzOEzt
  2. che richiede tempo prima di una risoluzione, appunto per capovolgimenti ed eventuali cambiamenti Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: it-tortuoso-it-adj-uT6scXGQ
  3. con alti e bassi sino al declino finale Tags: figuratively, pejorative
    Sense id: it-tortuoso-it-adj-m4oJiChG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tortuosamente Translations: tortuous (inglese), winding (inglese) Translations (sinuoso, serpeggiante): windy (inglese), curvy (inglese) Translations (subdolo): devious (inglese), crooked (inglese)

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "diritto"
    },
    {
      "word": "dritto"
    },
    {
      "word": "rettilineo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "franco"
    },
    {
      "word": "leale"
    },
    {
      "word": "retto"
    },
    {
      "word": "onesto"
    },
    {
      "word": "sincero"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di testo"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "chiaro"
    },
    {
      "word": "semplice"
    },
    {
      "word": "lineare"
    },
    {
      "word": "essenziale"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ],
      "word": "dinamico"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Aggettivi in italiano",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tortuosamente"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "dal latinotortuosus che deriva. di tortus cioè \"avvolgimento\""
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tortuosi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tortuosa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tortuose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "tor",
        "tuò",
        "so"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italiano",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Aggettivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "che presenta molte curve"
      ],
      "id": "it-tortuoso-it-adj-~TvzOEzt"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "che richiede tempo prima di una risoluzione, appunto per capovolgimenti ed eventuali cambiamenti"
      ],
      "id": "it-tortuoso-it-adj-uT6scXGQ",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "con alti e bassi sino al declino finale"
      ],
      "id": "it-tortuoso-it-adj-m4oJiChG",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "pejorative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tortuˈoso/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tortuˈozo/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sinuoso"
    },
    {
      "word": "curvo"
    },
    {
      "word": "serpeggiante"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinuoso"
    },
    {
      "word": "serpentino"
    },
    {
      "word": "zigzagante"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "disonesto"
    },
    {
      "word": "sleale"
    },
    {
      "word": "ingannevole"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambiguo"
    },
    {
      "word": "bizantino"
    },
    {
      "word": "subdolo"
    },
    {
      "word": "tendenzioso"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di testo"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "complicato"
    },
    {
      "word": "complesso"
    },
    {
      "word": "oscuro"
    },
    {
      "word": "contorto"
    },
    {
      "word": "intricato"
    },
    {
      "word": "ingarbugliato"
    },
    {
      "word": "cervellotico"
    },
    {
      "word": "involuto"
    },
    {
      "word": "macchinoso"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine",
    "singular"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sinuoso, serpeggiante",
      "word": "windy"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sinuoso, serpeggiante",
      "word": "curvy"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "subdolo",
      "word": "devious"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "subdolo",
      "word": "crooked"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "tortuous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "winding"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tortuoso"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "diritto"
    },
    {
      "word": "dritto"
    },
    {
      "word": "rettilineo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "franco"
    },
    {
      "word": "leale"
    },
    {
      "word": "retto"
    },
    {
      "word": "onesto"
    },
    {
      "word": "sincero"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di testo"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "chiaro"
    },
    {
      "word": "semplice"
    },
    {
      "word": "lineare"
    },
    {
      "word": "essenziale"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ],
      "word": "dinamico"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Aggettivi in italiano"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tortuosamente"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "dal latinotortuosus che deriva. di tortus cioè \"avvolgimento\""
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tortuosi",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tortuosa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tortuose",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "tor",
        "tuò",
        "so"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italiano",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Aggettivo",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "che presenta molte curve"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "che richiede tempo prima di una risoluzione, appunto per capovolgimenti ed eventuali cambiamenti"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "con alti e bassi sino al declino finale"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "pejorative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tortuˈoso/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tortuˈozo/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sinuoso"
    },
    {
      "word": "curvo"
    },
    {
      "word": "serpeggiante"
    },
    {
      "word": "sinuoso"
    },
    {
      "word": "serpentino"
    },
    {
      "word": "zigzagante"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "disonesto"
    },
    {
      "word": "sleale"
    },
    {
      "word": "ingannevole"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambiguo"
    },
    {
      "word": "bizantino"
    },
    {
      "word": "subdolo"
    },
    {
      "word": "tendenzioso"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "di testo"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "complicato"
    },
    {
      "word": "complesso"
    },
    {
      "word": "oscuro"
    },
    {
      "word": "contorto"
    },
    {
      "word": "intricato"
    },
    {
      "word": "ingarbugliato"
    },
    {
      "word": "cervellotico"
    },
    {
      "word": "involuto"
    },
    {
      "word": "macchinoso"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine",
    "singular"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sinuoso, serpeggiante",
      "word": "windy"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "sinuoso, serpeggiante",
      "word": "curvy"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "subdolo",
      "word": "devious"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "subdolo",
      "word": "crooked"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "tortuous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "winding"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tortuoso"
}

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