tergiversar
tergiversar(
transitive verbtehr
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hee
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behr
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sahr
)1. (general)
a. to distort
Mi oponente puede tratar de tergiversar lo que dije, pero los votantes saben lo que quise decir.My opponent can try to distort what I said, but the voters know what I meant.
Raquel dijo que el informe del incidente había tergiversado sus palabras.Raquel claimed that the incident report had distorted her words.
b. to twist
Julio tergiversó lo ocurrido y omitió que fue él quien me insultó.Julio twisted what happened and failed to say that it was him who insulted me.
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Verb Conjugations for tergiversar
| Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Conditional | Future | |
| yo | |||||
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| él/ella/Ud. | |||||
| nosotros | |||||
| vosotros | |||||
| ellos/ellas/Uds. |
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