contorção
Portuguese, noun/kõ.toʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
contorção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “contortion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de contorcer(-se)”.
What does contorção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontortion
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de contorcer(-se) 2. contração muscular 3. movimento irregular e violento 4. posição forçada, desagradável, incômoda
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contorção
- contorções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contorção?
- Brazil /kõ.toʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [kõ.tohˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /kõ.toɾˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contorção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contorção in Portuguese?
contorção appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).