# tortuoso
## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tor.tuˈo.zo/, (traditional) /tor.tuˈo.so/
* Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
* Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ó‧so

### Adjective

tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosi, feminine plural tortuose)
* winding, crooked, twisty, tortuous (road, etc.)
    Synonyms: diritto, rettilineo
* convoluted, devious (reasoning, explanation, etc.)
    Antonyms: chiaro, schietto, franco

#### Derived terms

* tortuosamente
* tortuosità

#### Related terms

* torcere
* torto

### Further reading

* tortuoso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* tortuoso in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* tortuoso in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* tortuóso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* tortüóso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /tor.tuˈoː.soː/, [t̪ɔrt̪uˈoːs̠oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /tor.tuˈo.so/, [t̪ort̪uˈɔːs̬o]

### Adjective

tortuōsō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tortuōsus

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /toʁ.tuˈo.zu/ [toh.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toʁˈtwo.zu/ [tohˈtwo.zu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /toʁ.tuˈo.zu/ [toh.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toʁˈtwo.zu/ [tohˈtwo.zu]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /toɾ.tuˈo.zu/ [toɾ.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toɾˈtwo.zu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /toʁ.tuˈo.zu/ [toχ.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /toʁˈtwo.zu/ [toχˈtwo.zu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /toɻ.tuˈo.zo/ [toɻ.tʊˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /toɻˈtwo.zo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tuɾˈtwo.zu/
* Rhymes: -ozu
* Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧o‧so

### Adjective

tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosos, feminine plural tortuosas, metaphonic)
* tortuous (having many turns and twists)

#### Related terms

* torcer
* torto

### Further reading

* “tortuoso”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “tortuoso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “tortuoso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “tortuoso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “tortuoso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “tortuoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tortuōsus (“coiled, winding”), from tortus (“twisted, twined”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /toɾˈtwoso/ [t̪oɾˈt̪wo.so]
* Rhymes: -oso
* Syllabification: tor‧tuo‧so

### Adjective

tortuoso (feminine tortuosa, masculine plural tortuosos, feminine plural tortuosas)
* winding, tortuous

#### Related terms

* torcer
* tortuosidad
* tuerto

### Further reading

* “tortuoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10