torção
Portuguese, noun/toʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
torção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sprain (the act of spraining a joint or muscle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de torcer”.
What does torção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesprain (the act of spraining a joint or muscle)
- 2
femininetorsion (the act of twisting)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de torcer 2. estado do que foi torcido 3. torcedura
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 torção
- torções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce torção?
- Brazil /toʁˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [tohˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /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 torção
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is torção in Portuguese?
torção appears 1.2 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).