retòrcer

From re- +‎ tòrcer (“to twist”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈtɔr.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈtɔɾ.seɾ]

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retòrcer (first-person singular present retorço, first-person singular preterite retorcí, past participle retorçut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to twist

   Synonym: retorçar

2. (transitive) to twine
3. (transitive, figurative) to twist, distort (an argument)

   Synonym: retorquir

• retorcedor
• retorciment
• retorçó
• retort

• “retòrcer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007