tergiversar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tergiversārī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [tər.ʒi.βərˈsa]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [tər.ʒi.vərˈsa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [teɾ.d͡ʒi.veɾˈsaɾ]

Verb

tergiversar (first-person singular present tergiverso, first-person singular preterite tergiversí, past participle tergiversat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (transitive) to misrepresent, to twist or distort (the meaning of)

Conjugation

  • tergiversable
  • tergiversació
  • tergiversador

Further reading

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)

  1. to tergiversate (to evade an issue)

Conjugation

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)

  1. to misrepresent, to twist, to distort
  2. to tergiversate, to prevaricate
    Synonym: prevaricar

Conjugation

Further reading

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