Can torcido be used to mean twisted, figuratively?

Question

I heard it in a song that way.

¿Como puede una visión volverse tan torcida?

Translated: How can a view become so twisted?

Hi Jeezle, I have heard it used just as you indicate, I have used it in that way also. - pacofinkler, Jan 5, 2012

Answer 1

No. At least in Spain, don't know in Latin America.

Torcido = not straight

Retorcido = twisted (person, mind...)

Answer 2

Of course it can:

¡Qué mente tan torcida tiene ese hombre! What a twisted mind that man has.

Árbol que crece torcido, nunca se endereza - A twisted tree can never be straightened.

From the DRAE:

torcido, da. (Del part. de torcer). 1. adj. Que no es recto, que hace curvas. 2. adj. Oblicuo, inclinado. 3. adj. Dicho de una persona: Que no obra con rectitud. 4. adj. Dicho de una conducta: Propia de esa persona. 5. adj. El Salv. Dicho de una persona: Que tiene mala suerte.

from Proverbios 6,12-15 ... Torcido está su corazón, medita el mal, pleitos siembra en todo tiempo.

Answer 3

physically twisted yes, un tobillo torcido

Answer 4

Adding to what Gekkosan wrote:

from the RAE too

retorcido, da.

(Del part. de retorcer).

1. adj. coloq. Dicho de una persona: De intención sinuosa.

EDIT:

La visión, que sepa, no se tuerce ni retuerce, si no que se distorsiona, como dijo farallón.

Answer 5

Depends on the country. I have seen news reports from Nicaragua, Cuba and Puerto Rico in which gays have been called "torcidos," when referring to their alleged moral turpitude; in those instances, the word was not used as a synonym for "gay."

Answer 6

I would actually say, "¿Cómo puede un/a (perspectiva, panorama, opinión, criterio) volverse tan distorsionada/o?

• View = Vista in this particularly sentence.
• Torcido = Crooked, kinky, askew, wry.

I do agree this translation seems a bit off, but I saw that link in our dictionary so I wanted to check. - jeezzle, Jan 5, 2012

Great! Good for you! - farallon7, Jan 5, 2012

Answer 7

Other meaning would be the brazilian football supporters known as "la torcida brasileña".

Torcido is used for is single bent, a single axis. A picture, a sprained ankle...

Retorcido, with prefix re- implies repetition, convoluted language, a winding river, a twisted mind ...

Caer recaer

Llenar, rellenar

Answer 8

I would have thought no for sure too but the third link in our dictionary says:

Unlucky (desgraciado). (Andes & Central America & Caribbean)

for "torcida".

Our dictionary has been known to be somewhat less than accurate on occasion though.

So you say "torcer" is better for twist and "retorcer" for mental twist, like caer, and decaer.

I wonder if it's used in Mexico like that though like "llenar" is used like "rellenar" there.