tergiversar
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin tergiversārī.
Pronunciation
Verb
tergiversar (first-person singular present tergiverso, first-person singular preterite tergiversí, past participle tergiversat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to misrepresent, to twist or distort (the meaning of)
Conjugation
Related terms
- tergiversable
- tergiversació
- tergiversador
Further reading
- “tergiversar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin tergiversāri.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /teʁ.ʒi.veʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [teɦ.ʒi.vehˈsa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /teɾ.ʒi.veɾˈsa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /teʁ.ʒi.veʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [teʁ.ʒi.veχˈsa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /teɻ.ʒi.veɻˈsa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨɾ.ʒi.vɨɾˈsaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨɾ.ʒi.bɨɾˈsaɾ/ [tɨɾ.ʒi.βɨɾˈsaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨɾ.ʒi.vɨɾˈsa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ter‧gi‧ver‧sar
Verb
tergiversar (first-person singular present tergiverso, first-person singular preterite tergiversei, past participle tergiversado)
- to tergiversate (to evade an issue)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin tergiversāri. Cognate with English tergiversate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teɾxibeɾˈsaɾ/ [t̪eɾ.xi.β̞eɾˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ter‧gi‧ver‧sar
Verb
tergiversar (first-person singular present tergiverso, first-person singular preterite tergiversé, past participle tergiversado)
- to misrepresent, to twist, to distort
- to tergiversate, to prevaricate
- Synonym: prevaricar
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive tergiversar | |||||||
dative | tergiversarme | tergiversarte | tergiversarle, tergiversarse | tergiversarnos | tergiversaros | tergiversarles, tergiversarse | |
accusative | tergiversarme | tergiversarte | tergiversarlo, tergiversarla, tergiversarse | tergiversarnos | tergiversaros | tergiversarlos, tergiversarlas, tergiversarse | |
with gerund tergiversando | |||||||
dative | tergiversándome | tergiversándote | tergiversándole, tergiversándose | tergiversándonos | tergiversándoos | tergiversándoles, tergiversándose | |
accusative | tergiversándome | tergiversándote | tergiversándolo, tergiversándola, tergiversándose | tergiversándonos | tergiversándoos | tergiversándolos, tergiversándolas, tergiversándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tergiversa | |||||||
dative | tergivérsame | tergivérsate | tergivérsale | tergivérsanos | not used | tergivérsales | |
accusative | tergivérsame | tergivérsate | tergivérsalo, tergivérsala | tergivérsanos | not used | tergivérsalos, tergivérsalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tergiversá | |||||||
dative | tergiversame | tergiversate | tergiversale | tergiversanos | not used | tergiversales | |
accusative | tergiversame | tergiversate | tergiversalo, tergiversala | tergiversanos | not used | tergiversalos, tergiversalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative tergiverse | |||||||
dative | tergivérseme | not used | tergivérsele, tergivérsese | tergivérsenos | not used | tergivérseles | |
accusative | tergivérseme | not used | tergivérselo, tergivérsela, tergivérsese | tergivérsenos | not used | tergivérselos, tergivérselas | |
with first-person plural imperative tergiversemos | |||||||
dative | not used | tergiversémoste | tergiversémosle | tergiversémonos | tergiversémoos | tergiversémosles | |
accusative | not used | tergiversémoste | tergiversémoslo, tergiversémosla | tergiversémonos | tergiversémoos | tergiversémoslos, tergiversémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative tergiversad | |||||||
dative | tergiversadme | not used | tergiversadle | tergiversadnos | tergiversaos | tergiversadles | |
accusative | tergiversadme | not used | tergiversadlo, tergiversadla | tergiversadnos | tergiversaos | tergiversadlos, tergiversadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative tergiversen | |||||||
dative | tergivérsenme | not used | tergivérsenle | tergivérsennos | not used | tergivérsenles, tergivérsense | |
accusative | tergivérsenme | not used | tergivérsenlo, tergivérsenla | tergivérsennos | not used | tergivérsenlos, tergivérsenlas, tergivérsense |
Related terms
Further reading
- “tergiversar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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