torcer
tor.cer

vt+vint+vpr
1 to twist, turn, wring, bend, twine, curl, screw.
2 to distort, contort, sprain, crick, dislocate.
3 to pervert, misinterpret, alter the meaning.
4 to root, pull for, entice, cheer.
5 torcer-se to writhe, squirm, grow crooked, wriggle.Expressõesantes quebrar que torcer rather break than yield.
é aí que a porca torce o rabo that’s where the shoe pinches.
não dar o braço a torcer to refuse to admit anything.
torcer a boca to make a wry face.
torcer a orelha e não deitar sangue to repent, see one’s mistake.
torcer as mãos em desespero to wring one’s hands in despair.
torcer a verdade to stretch truth.
torcer o caminho to take a different way, deviate.
torcer o fio to twist thread.
torcer o nariz to turn up one’s nose, sniff at.
torcer o pé to strain the foot or ankle.
torcer o pescoço da galinha to wring the hen’s neck, kill by twisting the neck.
torcer o sentido das leis to twist or force the sense of a text (law).
torcer os seus pauzinhos to pull strings.
torcer roupa to wring clothes (wring water out from washing).
torcer seda to twist silk.
torcer-se de riso to be convulsed by laughter.