🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

pernas tortas

Pronunciation / Transliteration: per-nas tor-tas

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bowlegs/ˈboʊˌlɛɡz/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele nasceu com as pernas tortas."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A condition in which the legs curve outward at the knees while the feet and ankles touch.

    "The pediatrician examined the toddler's bowlegs during the routine checkup."
  2. 2

    Genenu varum, a skeletal deformity characterized by outward bowing of the lower extremities.

    "Severe bowlegs can sometimes require orthopedic intervention in growing children."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English, combining 'bow' (referring to the curved shape, from Old English boga) and 'leg' (from Old Norse leggr). The term historically evolved to describe a physical condition where the legs curve outward at the knees.

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