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di'sto:t1) (to make or become twisted out of shape: Her face was distorted with pain; Metal distorts under stress.) retorcer, deformar2) (to make (sound) indistinct and unnatural: Her voice sounded distorted on the telephone.) distorsionar•tr[dɪ'stɔːt]1 (deform - shape, object) deformar; (face) distorsionar; (image) distorsionar, deformar; (sound) distorsionar2 (misrepresent - words, statement) distorsionar, tergiversar; (truth) desfigurar, distorsionardistort [dɪ'stɔrt] vt1) misrepresent: distorsionar, tergiversar2) deform: distorsionar, deformarv.• deformar v.• desfigurar v.• distorsionar (Electrónica) v.• falsear v.• pervertir v.• tergiversar v.• torcer v.• trocar v.dɪ'stɔːrt, dɪ'stɔːta) ( deform) \<\<metal/object\>\> deformarhis face was distorted by o with pain — tenía el rostro crispado del dolor
b) ( Opt) \<\<image/reflection\>\> deformar, distorsionarc) ( Electron) \<\<signal/sound\>\> distorsionard) ( misrepresent) \<\<facts/statement\>\> tergiversar, distorsionar[dɪs'tɔːt]VT [+ shape etc] deformar; [+ sound, image] distorsionar; (fig) [+ judgment] distorsionar; [+ truth] tergiversar* * *[dɪ'stɔːrt, dɪ'stɔːt]a) ( deform) \<\<metal/object\>\> deformarhis face was distorted by o with pain — tenía el rostro crispado del dolor
b) ( Opt) \<\<image/reflection\>\> deformar, distorsionarc) ( Electron) \<\<signal/sound\>\> distorsionard) ( misrepresent) \<\<facts/statement\>\> tergiversar, distorsionar
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