English → Latin
“misrepresent” in Latin
dētorqueōto turn or bend aside, off or away, deflect; to twist out of shape, distort; to distort, misrepresentinterpretorto explain, expound; to interpret, translate; to understand, conclude
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
misrepresent
detorquere, depravare aliquid; also calumniari aliquid (with evil intention): perverse interpretari (Plaut., Truc., 1, 2, 41); e.g., recte facta detorquere (Plin., Ep.); verbum in pejus detorquere (Sen., Ep., 13, med.): there is nothing which may not be misrepresented, nihil est, quin narrando possit depravarier (Ter., Phorm. 4, 4, 16): entirely to misrepresent a matter, verum convertere in falsum (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for misrepresent?
- The usual Latin words for “misrepresent” are dētorqueō, interpretor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.