torcimiento

Spanish

Etymology

From torcer +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /toɾθiˈmjento/ [t̪oɾ.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /toɾsiˈmjento/ [t̪oɾ.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: tor‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

torcimiento m (plural torcimientos)

1. twist; twisting

Further reading

• “torcimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28