torcerse - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Verbs

to squirm (with sth.)  | squirmed, squirmed |	torcerse
to wriggle  | wriggled, wriggled |	torcerse
to loop  | looped, looped |   - move in loops	torcerse
to go south [coll.]	torcerse [fig.]
to buckle sideways  | buckled, buckled | [TECH.]	torcerse
to bend (sth.)  | bent, bent |	torcer
to pivot (sth.)  | pivoted, pivoted |	torcer (algo)   - tornillo, etc.
to angle  | angled, angled |   - slope	torcer
to bend down	torcer   - camino
to kink (sth.)  | kinked, kinked |	torcer   - camino
to roll (sth.)  | rolled, rolled |   also  [MED.]   - i. e. ankle	torcer   - p. ej.: tobillo
to contort  | contorted, contorted |	torcerse algo
to twist one's ankle  | twisted, twisted |	torcerse el pie
to sprain one's foot  | sprained, sprained |	torcerse el pie

Phrases / Collocations

to give in (to sth.)  | gave, given |	dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]
to back down	dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]
to concede  | conceded, conceded |	dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]
to relent  | relented, relented |	dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]
to accommodate (oneslef) to so. (or: sth.)  | accommodated, accommodated |	dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]
to knuckle under sth.  | knuckled, knuckled |	dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]
to let sth. get one down [coll.]	dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]
to bear against misfortune  | bore, borne/born |	no dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]
to hang in there (Amer.) [coll.]	no dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]
to keep one's tail up  | kept, kept |	no dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]
to buckle  | buckled, buckled |   - be defeated	dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]
to budge  | budged, budged |   - change opinion	dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]
to cave in (to sth.)  | caved, caved |   - agree after being persuaded	dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]
to retreat  | retreated, retreated |   - back off	dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]
to yield  | yielded, yielded |   - give up	dar el brazo a torcer [fig.]

Examples

Follow this path, and when you reach a wooden bridge, turn left.

Sigue por ese camino, y cuando llegues a un puente de madera, tuerce a la izquierda.

Related search terms

retorcerse, sesgarse, enroscarse