torcida

From torcer (“to twist”).

• IPA^(key): [toɾˈθiðɐ], (western) [toɾˈsiðɐ]

torcida f (plural torcidas)

1. candlewick

   Synonyms: matula, mecha, pabío

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “torcida”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “torcida”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “torcida”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Hyphenation: tor‧ci‧da

From torcer (“to twist; to support”) +‎ -ida.

torcida

1. feminine singular of torcido

torcida f (plural torcidas)

1. twist (the act of twisting something)

   Synonyms: torcedura, torcimento

2. (Brazil, chiefly sports) supporters (people who support something, especially a sports team)

   Synonyms: (Portugal) claque, (poetic) décimo segundo jogador

torcida f sg

1. feminine singular of torcido

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /toɾˈθida/ [t̪oɾˈθi.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /toɾˈsida/ [t̪oɾˈsi.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: tor‧ci‧da

torcida f (plural torcidas)

1. wick

   Synonym: matula

torcida

1. feminine singular of torcido

torcida f sg

1. feminine singular of torcido

• “torcido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28