contorsionar
[kõn̪t̪oɾsjoˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“contorsionar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer mover, encoger, torcer, contraer o doblar de manera voluntaria o involuntaria el cuerpo o parte de él, hacia posiciones anormales, forzadas y a veces extremas o grotescas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-contorsionar · contorsionar · Spanish
contorsionar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contorsionar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪oɾsjoˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “contorsionar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
contorsionar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kõn̪t̪oɾsjoˈnaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hacer mover, encoger, torcer, contraer o doblar de manera voluntaria o involuntaria el cuerpo o parte de él, hacia posiciones anormales, forzadas y a veces extremas o grotescas.".
contorsionar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is contorsionar, spelled C-O-N-T-O-R-S-I-O-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer mover, encoger, torcer, contraer o doblar de manera voluntaria o involuntaria el cuerpo o parte de él, hacia posiciones anormales, forzadas y a veces extremas o grotescas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how contorsionar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
obligó al animal a dar un salto imposible que lo contorsionó por completo
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.