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twist [twɪst]
sustantivo
1. (action)
- to give something a twist -> retorcer algo
- with a twist of the wrist -> con un giro de muñeca
2. (movement)
- twists and turns -> vueltas (f pl) y revueltas; (of road) avatares mpl (sentido figurado) (of events)
3. giro (m) inesperado (in story, plot)
- to be round the twist (familiar) -> estar (británico) majara or (español de España) zafado(a) or (Am) rayado(a) (CSur)
4. (piece)
- a twist of lemon -> un trozo de peladura de limón
5. twist (m) (dance)
verbo transitivo
6. retorcer (thread, rope); tergiversar (sb's words, meaning of text)
- to twist one's ankle -> torcerse el tobillo
- to twist somebody's arm -> retorcerle el brazo a alguien; presionar a alguien (sentido figurado)
- to twist the knife in the wound (sentido figurado) -> remover la herida
verbo intransitivo
7. elevarse en espirales (smoke); torcer (road)
- to twist and turn -> serpentear (road)
8. bailar el twist (dance)
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twist [tuist]
1. Torcer, dar vueltas a alguna cosa, alrededor apretándola; retorcer, torcer mucho.
2. Entrelazar o entretejer una cosa con otra.
3. Tejer.
4. Trenzar o hacer trenza
sustantivo & verbo neutro (intransitivo)
5. Ceñir, rodear.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
6. Insinuarse o introducirse una cosa en otra muy íntimamente; enroscarse, envolverse. (n)
7. Torcerse; hacerse una rosca. (n)
8. Retortijarse, ensortijarse. (n)
- Twisted bread -> rosca pan retorcido
va.
sustantivo
1. Trenza, cualquiera cosa hecha de varias otras torcidas, tejidas, entretejidas o entrelazadas entre sí; cordoncillo, hilo de seda.
2. Torcedura, la acción y efecto de torcer.
3. Torzal, la unión de varias cosas que hacen como hebras torcidas y dobladas unas con otra
sustantivo
4. Cada hilo o hebra de un cordón o cuerda y el mismo cordón. (n)
5. Rollo de tabaco. (n)
- To give one’s arm a torcerse el brazo ->
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