contort

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• /kənˈtɔː(ɹ)t/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N T AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Equivalent to con- + -tort; from Middle English, borrowed from Latin contortus, past participle of contorqueō, from com- + torqueō (“twist, turn”).

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изкривявам (izkrivjavam) — to twist in a violent manner
• Catalan: torçar — to twist in a violent manner
• Catalan: contorsionar-se — to twist in a violent manner
• Czech: zkroutit — to twist in a violent manner
• Dutch: verwringen — to twist in a violent manner
• French: se contorsionner — to twist in a violent manner
• Māori: whakapī — to twist in a violent manner
• Norwegian Bokmål: forvri — to twist in a violent manner
• Polish: wykręcać — to twist in a violent manner
• Polish: wykręcić — to twist in a violent manner
• Portuguese: contorcer — to twist in a violent manner
• Russian: деформировать (deformirovatʹ) — to twist in a violent manner
• Russian: скручивать (skručivatʹ) — to twist in a violent manner
• Russian: изгиба́ть (izgibátʹ) — to twist in a violent manner
• Swedish: förvrida — to twist in a violent manner
• Ottoman Turkish: بوكمك (bükmek) — to twist in a violent manner
• Walloon: si ctråyner — to twist in a violent manner
• Bulgarian: изкривявам (izkrivjavam) — to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
• Catalan: contorsionar-se — to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
• Czech: zkřivit se — to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
• Czech: zkroutit se — to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
• Dutch: verwrongen of ontzet raken — to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
• German: verzerren — to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
• Māori: whakakōiro — to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
• Māori: whakapī — to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
• Polish: wykrzywiać się — to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
• Polish: wykrzywić się — to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
• Portuguese: contorcer-se — to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
• Russian: искривля́ть (iskrivljátʹ) — to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
• Russian: искажа́ть (iskažátʹ) — to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression
• Spanish: contorsionar — to twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression