destorcer

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- +‎ torcer.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.toʁˈse(ʁ)/ [des.tohˈse(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /des.toɾˈse(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.toʁˈse(ʁ)/ [deʃ.toχˈse(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /des.toɻˈse(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.tuɾˈseɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.tuɾˈse.ɾi/

Homophone: distorcer
Hyphenation: des‧tor‧cer

Verb

destorcer (first-person singular present destorço, first-person singular preterite destorci, past participle destorcido)

to untwist

Conjugation

Conjugation of destorcer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	destorcer
Personal	destorcer	destorceres	destorcer	destorcermos	destorcerdes	destorcerem
Gerund
	destorcendo
Past participle
Masculine	destorcido			destorcidos
Feminine	destorcida			destorcidas
Indicative
Present	destorço	destorces	destorce	destorcemos	destorceis	destorcem
Imperfect	destorcia	destorcias	destorcia	destorcíamos	destorcíeis	destorciam
Preterite	destorci	destorceste	destorceu	destorcemos	destorcestes	destorceram
Pluperfect	destorcera	destorceras	destorcera	destorcêramos	destorcêreis	destorceram
Future	destorcerei	destorcerás	destorcerá	destorceremos	destorcereis	destorcerão
Conditional	destorceria	destorcerias	destorceria	destorceríamos	destorceríeis	destorceriam
Subjunctive
Present	destorça	destorças	destorça	destorçamos	destorçais	destorçam
Imperfect	destorcesse	destorcesses	destorcesse	destorcêssemos	destorcêsseis	destorcessem
Future	destorcer	destorceres	destorcer	destorcermos	destorcerdes	destorcerem
Imperative
Affirmative		destorce	destorça	destorçamos	destorcei	destorçam
Negative (não)		não destorças	não destorça	não destorçamos	não destorçais	não destorçam

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ torcer, or from Vulgar Latin *distorcēre, from Latin distorquēre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /destoɾˈθeɾ/ [d̪es.t̪oɾˈθeɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
IPA^(key): /destoɾˈseɾ/ [d̪es.t̪oɾˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -eɾ
Syllabification: des‧tor‧cer

Verb

destorcer (first-person singular present destuerzo, first-person singular preterite destorcí, past participle destorcido)

to untwist

Conjugation

Conjugation of destorcer (o-ue alternation; c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			destorcer
gerund			destorciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		destorcido		destorcida
		plural		destorcidos		destorcidas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	destuerzo	destuerces^{^tú} destorcés^{^vos}	destuerce	destorcemos	destorcéis	destuercen
	imperfect	destorcía	destorcías	destorcía	destorcíamos	destorcíais	destorcían
	preterite	destorcí	destorciste	destorció	destorcimos	destorcisteis	destorcieron
	future	destorceré	destorcerás	destorcerá	destorceremos	destorceréis	destorcerán
	conditional	destorcería	destorcerías	destorcería	destorceríamos	destorceríais	destorcerían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	destuerza	destuerzas^{^tú} destorzás^{^vos²}	destuerza	destorzamos	destorzáis	destuerzan
	imperfect (ra)	destorciera	destorcieras	destorciera	destorciéramos	destorcierais	destorcieran
	imperfect (se)	destorciese	destorcieses	destorciese	destorciésemos	destorcieseis	destorciesen
	future¹	destorciere	destorcieres	destorciere	destorciéremos	destorciereis	destorcieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		destuerce^{^tú} destorcé^{^vos}	destuerza	destorzamos	destorced	destuerzan
	negative		no destuerzas	no destuerza	no destorzamos	no destorzáis	no destuerzan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of destorcer (o-ue alternation; c-z alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive destorcer	dative	destorcerme	destorcerte	destorcerle, destorcerse	destorcernos	destorceros	destorcerles, destorcerse
with infinitive destorcer	accusative	destorcerme	destorcerte	destorcerlo, destorcerla, destorcerse	destorcernos	destorceros	destorcerlos, destorcerlas, destorcerse

with gerund destorciendo	dative	destorciéndome	destorciéndote	destorciéndole, destorciéndose	destorciéndonos	destorciéndoos	destorciéndoles, destorciéndose
with gerund destorciendo	accusative	destorciéndome	destorciéndote	destorciéndolo, destorciéndola, destorciéndose	destorciéndonos	destorciéndoos	destorciéndolos, destorciéndolas, destorciéndose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative destuerce	dative	destuérceme	destuércete	destuércele	destuércenos	not used	destuérceles
	accusative	destuérceme	destuércete	destuércelo, destuércela	destuércenos	not used	destuércelos, destuércelas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative destorcé	dative	destorceme	destorcete	destorcele	destorcenos	not used	destorceles
	accusative	destorceme	destorcete	destorcelo, destorcela	destorcenos	not used	destorcelos, destorcelas

with formal second-person singular imperative destuerza	dative	destuérzame	not used	destuérzale, destuérzase	destuérzanos	not used	destuérzales
with formal second-person singular imperative destuerza	accusative	destuérzame	not used	destuérzalo, destuérzala, destuérzase	destuérzanos	not used	destuérzalos, destuérzalas

with first-person plural imperative destorzamos	dative	not used	destorzámoste	destorzámosle	destorzámonos	destorzámoos	destorzámosles
with first-person plural imperative destorzamos	accusative	not used	destorzámoste	destorzámoslo, destorzámosla	destorzámonos	destorzámoos	destorzámoslos, destorzámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative destorced	dative	destorcedme	not used	destorcedle	destorcednos	destorceos	destorcedles
with informal second-person plural imperative destorced	accusative	destorcedme	not used	destorcedlo, destorcedla	destorcednos	destorceos	destorcedlos, destorcedlas

with formal second-person plural imperative destuerzan	dative	destuérzanme	not used	destuérzanle	destuérzannos	not used	destuérzanles, destuérzanse
with formal second-person plural imperative destuerzan	accusative	destuérzanme	not used	destuérzanlo, destuérzanla	destuérzannos	not used	destuérzanlos, destuérzanlas, destuérzanse

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