Meaning
twist, wring
- to twist, rotate, or wring something violently
- to bend or contort out of its natural shape
In a sentence
Ha promesso che non gli avrebbe torto un capello.
He promised that he wouldn't harm a single hair on his head.
Perché torci il naso davanti a questa proposta?
Why are you turning up your nose at this proposal?
Devi torcere il panno bagnato per eliminare tutta l'acqua.
You have to wring the wet cloth to remove all the water.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| torcere | infinitive |
| torco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| torci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| torce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| torciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| torcete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| torcono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| torcevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| torcevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| torceva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| torcevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| torcevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| torcevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| torsi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| torcesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| torse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| torcemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| torceste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| torsero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| torcerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| torcerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| torcerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| torceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| torcerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| torceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| torca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| torca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| torca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| torciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| torciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| torcano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| torcessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| torcessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| torcesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| torcessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| torceste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| torcessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| torcerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| torceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| torcerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| torceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| torcereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| torcerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| torci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| torciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| torcete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| torcendo | gerund |
| torto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Irregular passato remoto ('torsi') and past participle ('torto').
- Commonly used in idioms such as 'non torcere un capello a qualcuno' (not harm a hair on someone's head).
- past participle torto