torcer
/toɾˈθeɾ/ · B2 · verb
to twist
🌀 torcer ~ torque: both come from Latin torquere, to twist
Torcer comes from Latin torquere, the same source as English torque, torture, and contort. Spot the tor- chunk in all of them: each involves a twisting force. A twisted ankle is torcerse el tobillo.