torcer
Portuguese, verb/toʁˈse(ʁ)/
torcer is spelled T-O-R-C-E-R (6 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,745th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Torcer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to twist (to turn the ends in opposite directions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer girar sobre si”.
What does torcer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to twist (to turn the ends in opposite directions)
- 2
to wring (to squeeze or twist tightly so that liquid is forced out)
- 3
to twist (to injure a body part by bending it in the wrong direction)
Torci o tornozelo jogando bola.
- 4
to hope for something to happen
- 5
to support a team
Meu pai torce pro Flamengo.
- 6
to hope for someone’s or something’s success
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer girar sobre si 2. entortar 3. inclinar 4. dobrar
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 torcer
- torço first-person present singular
- torci first-person preterite singular
- torcido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- torceres infinitive second-person singular
- torcermos first-person infinitive plural
- torcerdes infinitive plural second-person
- torcerem infinitive plural third-person
- torcendo gerund
- torcidos masculine participle past
- torcida feminine participle past
- torcidas feminine participle past
- torces indicative present second-person
- torce indicative present singular
- torcemos first-person indicative plural
- torceis indicative plural present
- torcem indicative plural present
- torcia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce torcer?
- Brazil /toʁˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [tohˈse(h)]
- /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 torcer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is torcer in Portuguese?
torcer appears 9.3 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).