retorcido

adj.

1 twisted, contorted, twisty, screwed.

2 sickly obsessed.

3 devious.

4 circumvolute.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: retorcer.

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retorcido

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=retorcer}}retorcer

► adjetivo

1 figurado twisted

■ mente retorcida warped mind

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ADJ

1) [estilo] involved

2) [método, persona, mente] devious

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-da adjetivo <persona/mente> twisted, devious; <estilo/argumento> convoluted, involved; ver tb retorcer

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= warped, perverse, twisted.

Ex. This article points to a warped sense of morality in which there is no such concept as 'theft' in some people's lexicon.

Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.

Ex. He gave a twisted, rather foolish smile, and continued talking.

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-da adjetivo <persona/mente> twisted, devious; <estilo/argumento> convoluted, involved; ver tb retorcer

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= warped, perverse, twisted.

Ex: This article points to a warped sense of morality in which there is no such concept as 'theft' in some people's lexicon.

Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.

Ex: He gave a twisted, rather foolish smile, and continued talking.

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retorcido -da

adjective

1 ‹persona/mente› twisted, devious

2 ‹lenguaje/estilo/argumento› convoluted, involved ver tb retorcer

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Del verbo retorcer: (conjugate retorcer)

retorcido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
retorcer    
retorcido
retorcer (conjugate retorcer) verbo transitivo
to twist
retorcerse verbo pronominal
1

a) (enrollarse) to become tangled (up)

b) [serpiente] to writhe

c) [persona]:

◊ retorcidose de dolor to writhe in agony;

See Also→ risa
2 (refl) ‹manos› to wring
retorcido

◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/mente› twisted, devious;

‹estilo/argumento› convoluted, involved
retorcer verbo transitivo
1 (una cuerda, un brazo, etc) to twist
2 (ropa) to wring (out)
3 (las palabras) to twist
retorcido,-a adjetivo
1 fam (un lenguaje o estilo) involved, convoluted
2 fam pey (una persona) twisted, devious: tiene una mente retorcida, she has a twisted mind
'retorcido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
retorcida
- sinuosa
- sinuoso
- torcida
- torcido
- morboso
English:
gnarled
- perverse
- twisted
- warped

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retorcido, -a adj

1. [torcido] [brazo, alambre] twisted;

[ropa] wrung out

2. [estilo, lenguaje] involved, convoluted

3. [enrevesado] devious;

¿por qué eres siempre tan retorcido? why do you always have to be so devious?

4. [malintencionado] twisted, warped

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retorcido

adj fig

twisted