torcido
Portuguese
Etymology
From torcer (“to twist”) + -ido.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /toʁˈsi.du/ [tohˈsi.du]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /toɾˈsi.du/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /toʁˈsi.du/ [toχˈsi.du]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /toɻˈsi.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toʁˈsi.do/ [tohˈsi.do]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾˈsi.du/ [tuɾˈsi.ðu]
- Hyphenation: tor‧ci‧do
Adjective
torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)
- twisted (wound in opposite directions)
Participle
torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)
- past participle of torcer
Further reading
- “torcido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “torcido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin torqueō (“twist, turn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toɾˈθido/ [t̪oɾˈθi.ð̞o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /toɾˈsido/ [t̪oɾˈsi.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: tor‧ci‧do
Adjective
torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)
- twisted, askew
- winding, crooked
- torqued
- cross-eyed
- unlucky
- Synonyms: desafortunado, desgraciado
Noun
torcido m (plural torcidos)
Related terms
Participle
torcido (feminine torcida, masculine plural torcidos, feminine plural torcidas)
- past participle of torcer
Further reading
- “torcido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025