torcicolo
Portuguese
Etymology
From Italian torcicollo. Equivalent to torce + colo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /toʁ.siˈkɔ.lu/ [toh.siˈkɔ.lu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /toɾ.siˈkɔ.lu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /toʁ.siˈkɔ.lu/ [toχ.siˈkɔ.lu]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /toɻ.siˈkɔ.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toʁ.siˈkɔ.lo/ [toh.siˈkɔ.lo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾ.siˈkɔ.lu/
- Rhymes: -ɔlu
- Hyphenation: tor‧ci‧co‧lo
Noun
torcicolo m (plural torcicolos)
- stiff neck (condition characterised by pain when trying to move the neck)
- wryneck (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis)
Further reading
- “torcicolo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “torcicolo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026