distort

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪsˈtɔːt/
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• Canada, General-American: /dɪsˈtoɹt/
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• Australian: /dɪsˈtoːt/
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• New-Zealand: /dɪsˈtoːt/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S T AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin distortum, past participle of distorqueō (“to twist, torture, distort”).

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَوَّهَ (šawwaha) — to bring something out of shape
• Bulgarian: изкривявам (izkrivjavam) — to bring something out of shape
• Bulgarian: деформирам (deformiram) — to bring something out of shape
• Catalan: deformar — to bring something out of shape
• Chinese Mandarin: 歪曲 (wāiqū) — to bring something out of shape
• Danish: forvrænge — to bring something out of shape
• Dutch: vervormen — to bring something out of shape
• Esperanto: tordi — to bring something out of shape
• Esperanto: distordi — to bring something out of shape
• Finnish: vääristää — to bring something out of shape
• Finnish: vääntää — to bring something out of shape
• French: déformer — to bring something out of shape
• French: distordre — to bring something out of shape
• Galician: deformar — to bring something out of shape
• Galician: distorsionar — to bring something out of shape
• Galician: distorcer — to bring something out of shape
• German: verzerren — to bring something out of shape
• Greek: παραμορφώνω (paramorfóno) — to bring something out of shape
• Greek: διαστρεβλώνω (diastrevlóno) — to bring something out of shape
• Greek: διαστρέφω (diastréfo) — to bring something out of shape
• Hungarian: torzít — to bring something out of shape
• Hungarian: eltorzít — to bring something out of shape
• Irish: cuir as a chuma — to bring something out of shape
• Irish: athchum — to bring something out of shape
• Irish: cam — to bring something out of shape
• Irish: fiar — to bring something out of shape
• Italian: deformare — to bring something out of shape
• Japanese: 歪める (yugameru) — to bring something out of shape
• Japanese: 曲げる (mageru) — to bring something out of shape
• Khmer: ធ្វើអោយខុសពីភាពដើម (thvəəʼaoykhohpiiphiəpdaəm) — to bring something out of shape
• Latin: distorqueō — to bring something out of shape
• Māori: kōrori — to bring something out of shape
• Māori: kōrorirori — to bring something out of shape
• Māori: whakariroi — to bring something out of shape
• Māori: whakarori — to bring something out of shape
• Māori: whakahawe — to bring something out of shape
• Māori: whakaparori — to bring something out of shape
• Norwegian: forvrenge — to bring something out of shape
• Norwegian: fordreie — to bring something out of shape
• Old English: tōwrīþan — to bring something out of shape
• Old English: atolian — to bring something out of shape
• Old English: unwlitigian — to bring something out of shape
• Old English: āwemman — to bring something out of shape
• Polish: zniekształcać — to bring something out of shape
• Polish: zniekształcić — to bring something out of shape
• Polish: przesterowywać — to bring something out of shape
• Polish: przesterować — to bring something out of shape
• Portuguese: distorcer — to bring something out of shape
• Portuguese: deformar — to bring something out of shape
• Russian: искажа́ть (iskažátʹ) — to bring something out of shape
• Russian: искази́ть (iskazítʹ) — to bring something out of shape
• Russian: искривля́ть (iskrivljátʹ) — to bring something out of shape
• Russian: искриви́ть (iskrivítʹ) — to bring something out of shape
• Russian: изгиба́ть (izgibátʹ) — to bring something out of shape
• Russian: изогну́ть (izognútʹ) — to bring something out of shape
• Spanish: deformar — to bring something out of shape
• Spanish: distorsionar — to bring something out of shape
• Swedish: förvränga — to bring something out of shape
• Thai: บิดเบือน (bìt-bʉʉan) — to bring something out of shape
• Walloon: kitoide — to bring something out of shape
• Finnish: vääristyä — to become misshapen
• Finnish: vääntyä — to become misshapen
• Galician: deformar — to become misshapen
• Hungarian: torzul — to become misshapen
• Hungarian: eltorzul — to become misshapen
• Māori: pakoki — to become misshapen
• Spanish: deformar — to become misshapen
• Azerbaijani: təhrif etmək — to give false account of
• Bulgarian: изопачавам (izopačavam) — to give false account of
• Catalan: tergiversar — to give false account of
• Catalan: distorsionar — to give false account of
• Danish: forvrænge — to give false account of
• Dutch: verdraaien — to give false account of
• Dutch: vervalsen — to give false account of
• Esperanto: misprezenti — to give false account of
• Finnish: vääristää — to give false account of
• Finnish: vääristellä — to give false account of
• French: déformer — to give false account of
• Galician: terxiversar — to give false account of
• Galician: distorsionar — to give false account of
• Galician: distorcer — to give false account of
• Galician: desvirtuar — to give false account of
• German: verzerren — to give false account of
• Greek: διαστρεβλώνω (diastrevlóno) — to give false account of
• Hungarian: torzít — to give false account of
• Hungarian: csúsztat — to give false account of
• Hungarian: eltorzít — to give false account of
• Hungarian: elferdít — to give false account of
• Hungarian: meghamisít — to give false account of
• Irish: cuir as a ríocht — to give false account of
• Irish: cuir cor i — to give false account of
• Irish: cuir casadh i — to give false account of
• Italian: distorcere — to give false account of
• Japanese: 歪める (yugameru) — to give false account of
• Khmer: បង្ខូចទ្រង់ទ្រាយ (bɑɑngkhouctrŭəngtriəy) — to give false account of
• Malayalam: വളച്ചൊടിക്കുക (vaḷaccoṭikkuka) — to give false account of
• Māori: whakariro — to give false account of
• Māori: aweke — to give false account of
• Norwegian: forvrenge — to give false account of
• Polish: wypaczać — to give false account of
• Portuguese: distorcer — to give false account of
• Russian: искажа́ть (iskažátʹ) — to give false account of
• Russian: искази́ть (iskazítʹ) — to give false account of
• Russian: извраща́ть (izvraščátʹ) — to give false account of
• Russian: изврати́ть (izvratítʹ) — to give false account of
• Spanish: tergiversar — to give false account of
• Spanish: distorsionar — to give false account of
• Spanish: desvirtuar — to give false account of
• Swedish: förvränga — to give false account of
• Swedish: vränga — to give false account of
• Thai: บิดเบือน (bìt-bʉʉan) — to give false account of
• Ukrainian: спотворювати (spotvorjuvaty) — to give false account of
• Ukrainian: спотворити (spotvoryty) — to give false account of
• Ukrainian: викривляти (vykryvljaty) — to give false account of
• Ukrainian: викривити (vykryvyty) — to give false account of