curvar
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin curvāre.
Verb
curvar (first-person singular present curvo, first-person singular preterite curvei, past participle curvado)
- (transitive) to bend (shape into a curve)
Conjugation
Conjugation of curvar
Reintegrated conjugation of curvar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Related terms
Further reading
- “curvar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuʁˈva(ʁ)/ [kuɦˈva(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kuɾˈva(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kuʁˈva(ʁ)/ [kuʁˈva(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kuɻˈva(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾˈvaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾˈbaɾ/ [kuɾˈβaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾˈva.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: cur‧var
Verb
curvar (first-person singular present curvo, first-person singular preterite curvei, past participle curvado)
- (transitive) to bend (shape into a curve)
- (transitive, sports) to curve (make a ball curve or bend in the air)
- (reflexive) to bow (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)
Conjugation
Conjugation of curvar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Romanian
Etymology
From curvă + -ar; cf. also Old Church Slavonic коуръварь (kurŭvarĭ).
Noun
curvar m (plural curvari)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | curvar | curvarul | curvari | curvarii | |
| genitive-dative | curvar | curvarului | curvari | curvarilor | |
| vocative | curvarule | curvarilor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin curvāre, probably borrowed; cf. corvar and encorvar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuɾˈbaɾ/ [kuɾˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cur‧var
Verb
curvar (first-person singular present curvo, first-person singular preterite curvé, past participle curvado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of curvar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | curvar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | curvando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | curvado | curvada | |||||
| plural | curvados | curvadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | curvo | curvastú curvásvos |
curva | curvamos | curváis | curvan | |
| imperfect | curvaba | curvabas | curvaba | curvábamos | curvabais | curvaban | |
| preterite | curvé | curvaste | curvó | curvamos | curvasteis | curvaron | |
| future | curvaré | curvarás | curvará | curvaremos | curvaréis | curvarán | |
| conditional | curvaría | curvarías | curvaría | curvaríamos | curvaríais | curvarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | curve | curvestú curvésvos2 |
curve | curvemos | curvéis | curven | |
| imperfect (ra) |
curvara | curvaras | curvara | curváramos | curvarais | curvaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
curvase | curvases | curvase | curvásemos | curvaseis | curvasen | |
| future1 | curvare | curvares | curvare | curváremos | curvareis | curvaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | curvatú curvávos |
curve | curvemos | curvad | curven | ||
| negative | no curves | no curve | no curvemos | no curvéis | no curven | ||
Selected combined forms of curvar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive curvar | dative | curvarme | curvarte | curvarle, curvarse | curvarnos | curvaros | curvarles, curvarse |
| accusative | curvarme | curvarte | curvarlo, curvarla, curvarse | curvarnos | curvaros | curvarlos, curvarlas, curvarse | |
| with gerund curvando | dative | curvándome | curvándote | curvándole, curvándose | curvándonos | curvándoos | curvándoles, curvándose |
| accusative | curvándome | curvándote | curvándolo, curvándola, curvándose | curvándonos | curvándoos | curvándolos, curvándolas, curvándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative curva | dative | cúrvame | cúrvate | cúrvale | cúrvanos | not used | cúrvales |
| accusative | cúrvame | cúrvate | cúrvalo, cúrvala | cúrvanos | not used | cúrvalos, cúrvalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative curvá | dative | curvame | curvate | curvale | curvanos | not used | curvales |
| accusative | curvame | curvate | curvalo, curvala | curvanos | not used | curvalos, curvalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative curve | dative | cúrveme | not used | cúrvele, cúrvese | cúrvenos | not used | cúrveles |
| accusative | cúrveme | not used | cúrvelo, cúrvela, cúrvese | cúrvenos | not used | cúrvelos, cúrvelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative curvemos | dative | not used | curvémoste | curvémosle | curvémonos | curvémoos | curvémosles |
| accusative | not used | curvémoste | curvémoslo, curvémosla | curvémonos | curvémoos | curvémoslos, curvémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative curvad | dative | curvadme | not used | curvadle | curvadnos | curvaos | curvadles |
| accusative | curvadme | not used | curvadlo, curvadla | curvadnos | curvaos | curvadlos, curvadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative curven | dative | cúrvenme | not used | cúrvenle | cúrvennos | not used | cúrvenles, cúrvense |
| accusative | cúrvenme | not used | cúrvenlo, cúrvenla | cúrvennos | not used | cúrvenlos, cúrvenlas, cúrvense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “curvar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024