contorted in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for contorted in the English»Spanish Dictionary

contorted [kənˈtɔːtɪd] ADJ

1. contorted (twisted):

a horribly contorted smile

una mueca horrible

his face was contorted with pain

tenía el rostro contraído or crispado de dolor

2. contorted logic/reasoning:

contorted

retorcido

contorted

tortuoso

I.contort [Am kənˈtɔrt, Brit kənˈtɔːt] VB trans

contort face:

contort

contraer

contort

crispar

to contort one's body

contorsionarse

II.contort [Am kənˈtɔrt, Brit kənˈtɔːt] VB intr

contort

crisparse

contort

contraerse

his face contorted with pain

se le crispó or se le contrajo el rostro de dolor

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contorted [kənˈtɔːtɪd] ADJ

1. contorted (twisted):

a horribly contorted smile

una mueca horrible

his face was contorted with pain

tenía el rostro contraído or crispado de dolor

2. contorted logic/reasoning:

contorted

retorcido

contorted

tortuoso

Translations for contorted in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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los miraba con el rostro desfigurado por el terror

he stared at them, his face contorted with terror

tenía la cara distorsionada por el dolor

her face was contorted with pain

tenía el rostro demudado por el dolor

her face was distorted by o contorted with pain

con la expresión crispada por el dolor

his face tensed/contorted with pain

contraer facciones

to contort

con la cara contraída en una mueca de dolor

his face contorted into a grimace of pain

contorted in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for contorted in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.contort [kənˈtɔ:t, Am -ˈtɔ:rt] VB intr

contort

crisparse

his face had contorted with bitterness and rage

tenía el rostro desencajado por la amargura y la rabia

II.contort [kənˈtɔ:t, Am -ˈtɔ:rt] VB trans

contort

torcer

to contort the truth

deformar la verdad

contorted Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

his face had contorted with bitterness and rage

tenía el rostro desencajado por la amargura y la rabia

to contort the truth

deformar la verdad

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I think we'd rather they just proselytise openly and honestly that see logic contorted into defending the indefensible.

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The mine begins as a short, contorted linear mine which enlarges into a funnel and then a large blotch.

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Later the corridor becomes free and then is strongly contorted, often forming a secondary blotch.

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It is a wide-spreading tree with distinctive twisted and contorted branches that are quite pendulous at their ends.

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The tract is contorted, turning several times in a small area.

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The sandstone and quartzite beds of the upper member exhibit an abundance of complexly contorted, gnarly bedded, fluid expulsion structures and dramatic convolute bedding.

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The mine consists of a long, often contorted, narrow corridor that hardly widens towards the end.

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He is the enemy of affected, stilted, contorted expressions.

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Many of his works are eccentric depictions of religious ecstasies; the saints appear liquefied and contorted by piety.

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The mine consists is linear, slender; highly contorted and pale brown.

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