writhe

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From Middle English writhen, from Old English wrīþan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrīþan, from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to weave, twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist, writhe”). Cognate with Middle Dutch writen (“to turn, twist”), dialectal German reiden (“to turn, twist, lace”), Danish vride (“to twist”), Swedish vrida (“to turn, twist, wind”), French rider (“to wrinkle, furrow, ruffle”, (< Germanic)). Compare also Lithuanian riēsti (“to unbend, wind, roll”).

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: vääntää — to twist or wring something
• German: verdrehen — to twist or wring something
• Finnish: vääntää — to contort a part of the body
• German: verrenken — to contort a part of the body
• Bulgarian: гърча се (gǎrča se) — to twist or contort the body
• Bulgarian: превивам се (previvam se) — to twist or contort the body
• Chinese Mandarin: 扭曲 (niǔqū) — to twist or contort the body
• Chinese Mandarin: 使缠绕 — to twist or contort the body
• Danish: vride sig — to twist or contort the body
• Dutch: kronkelen — to twist or contort the body
• Dutch: draaien — to twist or contort the body
• Dutch: vervormen — to twist or contort the body
• Esperanto: tordiĝi — to twist or contort the body
• Finnish: vääntelehtiä — to twist or contort the body
• French: se débattre — to twist or contort the body
• French: se démener — to twist or contort the body
• French: se tortiller — to twist or contort the body
• German: winden — to twist or contort the body
• German: krümmen — to twist or contort the body
• Greek: σφαδάζω (sfadázo) — to twist or contort the body
• Hungarian: vonaglik — to twist or contort the body
• Hungarian: vergődik — to twist or contort the body
• Hungarian: rángatózik — to twist or contort the body
• Hungarian: ficánkol — to twist or contort the body
• Hungarian: kapálózik — to twist or contort the body
• Hungarian: ráng — to twist or contort the body
• Ingrian: vingertää — to twist or contort the body
• Irish: bí ag lúbarnaíl — to twist or contort the body
• Italian: contorcersi — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: takaokeoke — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: takaoio — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: takaoraora — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: takaoriori — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: hīkaikai — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: okeoke — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: parawhetawheta — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: takawheta — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: takawhetawheta — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: tāwheta — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: kowheta — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: āuta — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: kapekapetā — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: karapetapetau — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: karawheta — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: kaunoni — to twist or contort the body
• Māori: kōiriiri — to twist or contort the body
• Occitan: tortilhar — to twist or contort the body
• Occitan: torcir — to twist or contort the body
• Occitan: tòrcer — to twist or contort the body
• Polish: wić się — to twist or contort the body
• Portuguese: retorcer-se — to twist or contort the body
• Portuguese: contorcer-se — to twist or contort the body
• Russian: ко́рчиться (kórčitʹsja) — to twist or contort the body
• Russian: извива́ться (izvivátʹsja) — to twist or contort the body
• Serbo-Croatian: svijati se — to twist or contort the body
• Serbo-Croatian: previjati se — to twist or contort the body
• Spanish: contorsionar — to twist or contort the body
• Telugu: గింజుకొను (giñjukonu) — to twist or contort the body
• Turkish: kıvranmak — to twist or contort the body
• Ottoman Turkish: بالقلامق (balıklamak) — to twist or contort the body
• Ukrainian: ко́рчитися (kórčytysja) — to twist or contort the body