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)
- winding, crooked, twisty, tortuous (road, etc.)
- convoluted, devious (reasoning, explanation, etc.)
Derived terms
- tortuosamente
- tortuosità
Related terms
- torcere
- torto
Latin
Adjective
tortuōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tortuōsus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ozu
Adjective
tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosos, feminine plural tortuosas, metaphonic)
- tortuous (having many turns and twists)
Related terms
- torcer
- torto
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)
- winding, tortuous
Related terms
- tortuosidad
- torcer
- tuerto
Further reading
- “tortuoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014