retortijón
Spanish, noun[ret̪oɾt̪iˈxõn]
retortijón is spelled R-E-T-O-R-T-I-J-Ó-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish, the 260,274th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Retortijón is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “quick twist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Retorcimiento o ensortijamiento de una cosa”.
What does retortijón mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequick twist
- 2
masculinecramp
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Retorcimiento o ensortijamiento de una cosa. 2. Dolor fuerte en el vientre.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of retortijón
- retortijones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce retortijón?
- [ret̪oɾt̪iˈxõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is retortijón in Spanish?
retortijón appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).