tortuoso
Spanish, adjective/toɾˈtwoso/
tortuoso is spelled T-O-R-T-U-O-S-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,742nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tortuoso is a Spanish adjective meaning “winding, tortuous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene abundantes curvas, vueltas y rodeos”.
What does tortuoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
winding, tortuous
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene abundantes curvas, vueltas y rodeos. 2. Que es poco claro o pretende ocultar sus intenciones o propósitos.
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 tortuoso
- tortuosa feminine
- tortuosos masculine plural
- tortuosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tortuoso?
- /toɾˈtwoso/
- [t̪oɾˈt̪wo.so]
- [t̪oɾˈt̪woso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tortuoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tortuoso in Spanish?
tortuoso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).