torto
Portuguese
/ˈtoɾ.tu/
adj
Definitions
- twisted, bent, crooked
- awry
- wrong, dishonest
- one-eyed, cross-eyed
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese torto inherited from Latin tortus (twisted, folded over).
Origin
Latin
tortus
Gloss
twisted, folded over
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *extortiāre Latin
- *torsāre Latin
- *turta Latin
- torta Latin
- tortuosus Latin
- tortus Latin
- tortūra Latin
- bistorto Italian
- storto Italian
- tortamente Italian
- tortezza Italian
- torto Italian
- torture French
- tuerto Spanish, Castilian
- ταρταροῦχος Ancient Greek
- *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- torteau Old French
- tort Catalan, Valencian
- torto Galician
- tort Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- teurt Norman
- torto Old Portuguese
- tuertu Asturian