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twist meaning in Spanish

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twist [twisted, twisting, twists] (to distort or change the truth or meaning)
verb
[UK: twɪst]
[US: ˈtwɪst]

sacar punta averb

twist [twisted, twisting, twists] (to injure (a body part) by bending it in the wrong direction)
verb
[UK: twɪst]
[US: ˈtwɪst]

torcerseverb

twist [twisted, twisting, twists] (to turn the ends in opposite directions)
verb
[UK: twɪst]
[US: ˈtwɪst]

torcerverbI twisted my ankle. = Me torcí el tobillo.

twist drill [twist drills] noun
[UK: twɪst drɪl]
[US: ˈtwɪst ˈdrɪl]

brocanoun
{f}

twist the knife verb

hacer sangreverb

twisted (contorted)
adjective
[UK: ˈtwɪ.stɪd]
[US: ˈtwɪ.stəd]

torcidoadjectiveThe midfielder has twisted his ankle. = El centrocampista se ha torcido el tobillo.

twisted (mentally disturbed or unsound)
adjective
[UK: ˈtwɪ.stɪd]
[US: ˈtwɪ.stəd]

retorcidoadjectiveThe sculptor said the work represented a window to the sky, but to me it looked like a senseless twisted piece of metal. = El escultor dijo que la obra representaba una ventana al cielo, pero a mí me parecía un trozo de metal retorcido y sin sentido.

twisted pair (electrical connection)
noun

par trenzadonoun
{m}

get one's knickers in a twist (to become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter)
verb

hacer una montaña de un grano de arenaverb

hacerse la picha un líoverb

plot twist (change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot)
noun

cambio de dirección del diagramanoun

gironoun
{m}

tongue-twister [tongue-twisters] (phrase which is difficult to say)
noun
[UK: ˈtʌn twɪ.stə(r)]
[US: ˈtʌn twɪ.stər]

trabalenguasnoun
{m}

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