întortochea

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întortochea

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Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *intorticlāre < *intorticulāre, or from the less used variant form întortoca, from *intorticāre, from Latin intortus. Alternatively a derivation from the Romanian întort, from the aforementioned Latin participle. Compare French entortiller, Spanish entortijar, Friulian intorteâ, Catalan entortellar, which may instead derive from a related Vulgar Latin root *intortiliāre, from Latin tortilis (“twisted, coiled”).

verb a întortochea 1st conjugation · întortochează · întortocheat · a întortochea · întortochind

to wind, twist
figuratively to complicate, muddle
Similar: complica

In English

twist to turn the ends in opposite directions

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"întortochea." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/%C3%AEntortochea. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"întortochea." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/%C3%AEntortochea.

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@misc{i_ntortochea_2026,
  title = {întortochea},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/%C3%AEntortochea},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}