tortuoso

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tor.tuˈo.zo/, (traditional) /tor.tuˈo.so/
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ó‧so

Adjective

tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosi, feminine plural tortuose)

  1. winding, crooked, twisty, tortuous (road, etc.)
  2. convoluted, devious (reasoning, explanation, etc.)

Derived terms

Latin

Adjective

tortuōsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tortuōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /toʁ.tuˈo.zu/ [toh.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toʁˈtwo.zu/ [tohˈtwo.zu]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /toɾ.tuˈo.zu/ [toɾ.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toɾˈtwo.zu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /toʁ.tuˈo.zu/ [toχ.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toʁˈtwo.zu/ [toχˈtwo.zu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toɻ.tuˈo.zo/ [toɻ.tʊˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /toɻˈtwo.zo/

  • Rhymes: -ozu
  • Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧o‧so

Adjective

tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosos, feminine plural tortuosas, metaphonic)

  1. tortuous (having many turns and twists)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus (“coiled, winding”), from tortus (“twisted, twined”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /toɾˈtwoso/ [t̪oɾˈt̪wo.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: tor‧tuo‧so

Adjective

tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosos, feminine plural tortuosas)

  1. winding, tortuous

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