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distorcer

Portuguese, verb/d͡ʒis.toʁˈse(ʁ)/

distorcer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to distort (to bring something out of shape)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “torcer a um lado e outro, alterar”.

What does distorcer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to distort (to bring something out of shape)

  2. 2

    to distort (to give false account of)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. torcer a um lado e outro, alterar 2. modificar a informação recebida ao transmiti-la de novo

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 distorcer

  • distorço first-person present singular
  • distorci first-person preterite singular
  • distorcido participle past
  • c-ç alternation
  • distorceres infinitive second-person singular
  • distorcermos first-person infinitive plural
  • distorcerdes infinitive plural second-person
  • distorcerem infinitive plural third-person
  • distorcendo gerund
  • distorcidos masculine participle past
  • distorcida feminine participle past
  • distorcidas feminine participle past
  • distorces indicative present second-person
  • distorce indicative present singular
  • distorcemos first-person indicative plural
  • distorceis indicative plural present
  • distorcem indicative plural present
  • distorcia first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce distorcer?

  • Brazil /d͡ʒis.toʁˈse(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [d͡ʒis.tohˈse(h)]
  • /d͡ʒis.toɾˈse(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to distorcer

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is distorcer in Portuguese?

distorcer appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).