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torqueo

torqueo

Latin

Verb

torqueō ‎(present infinitive torquēre, perfect active torsī, supine tortum); second conjugation

  1. I twist, wind.
  2. I hurl violently; I spin, whirl.
  3. I twist or bend awry, distort
  4. I torment, torture.

Inflection

   Conjugation of torqueo (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present torqueō torquēs torquet torquēmus torquētis torquent
imperfect torquēbam torquēbās torquēbat torquēbāmus torquēbātis torquēbant
future torquēbō torquēbis torquēbit torquēbimus torquēbitis torquēbunt
perfect torsī torsistī torsit torsimus torsistis torsērunt, torsēre
pluperfect torseram torserās torserat torserāmus torserātis torserant
future perfect torserō torseris torserit torserimus torseritis torserint
passive present torqueor torquēris, torquēre torquētur torquēmur torquēminī torquentur
imperfect torquēbar torquēbāris, torquēbāre torquēbātur torquēbāmur torquēbāminī torquēbantur
future torquēbor torquēberis, torquēbere torquēbitur torquēbimur torquēbiminī torquēbuntur
perfect tortus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect tortus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect tortus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present torqueam torqueās torqueat torqueāmus torqueātis torqueant
imperfect torquērem torquērēs torquēret torquērēmus torquērētis torquērent
perfect torserim torserīs torserit torserīmus torserītis torserint
pluperfect torsissem torsissēs torsisset torsissēmus torsissētis torsissent
passive present torquear torqueāris, torqueāre torqueātur torqueāmur torqueāminī torqueantur
imperfect torquērer torquērēris, torquērēre torquērētur torquērēmur torquērēminī torquērentur
perfect tortus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect tortus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — torquē — — torquēte —
future — torquētō torquētō — torquētōte torquentō
passive present — torquēre — — torquēminī —
future — torquētor torquētor — — torquentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives torquēre torsisse tortūrus esse torquērī tortus esse tortum īrī
participles torquēns — tortūrus — tortus torquendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
torquēre torquendī torquendō torquendum tortum tortū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: torcer
  • Romanian: toarce, toarcere
  • Sardinian: tòrchere, tòrciri, tròchere, dòrchere
  • Sicilian: tòrciri
  • Spanish: torcer
  • Turkish: tork
  • Welsh: terchu
  • Venetian: tòrxer, tòrzer, tòrxar

References

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- ‎(“to turn”). Cognates include Latin trīcae, trepidus, turpis, Ancient Greek τρέπω ‎(trépō), Sanskrit तर्कु ‎(tarku), Hittite 𒋻𒆪𒉿𒀭𒍣 ‎(tarkuwanzi) and Old Church Slavonic тракъ ‎(trakŭ). See also English thwart and queer.

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