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tergiversar

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Do infinitivo latino tergiversare (virar as costas).

verb tergiversando · tergiversado · tergiverso · tergiversas · tergiversa · tergiversamos

voltar as costas
usar de evasivas, de rodeios, de subterfúgios Indagada a respeito, a autoridade tergiversou.

In English

fudge To try to avoid giving a direct answer
tergiversate to evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate
stonewall refusal to cooperate

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"tergiversar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pt/tergiversar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

tergiversar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pt/tergiversar

Chicago

"tergiversar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pt/tergiversar.

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@misc{tergiversar_2026,
  title = {tergiversar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pt/tergiversar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}