curvar

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin curvāre.

Verb

curvar (first-person singular present curvo, first-person singular preterite curvei, past participle curvado)

1. (transitive) to bend (shape into a curve)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of curvar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	curvar
Personal	curvar	curvares	curvar	curvarmos	curvardes	curvaren
Gerund
	curvando
Past participle
Masculine	curvado			curvados
Feminine	curvada			curvadas
Indicative
Present	curvo	curvas	curva	curvamos	curvades	curvan
Imperfect	curvaba	curvabas	curvaba	curvabamos	curvabades	curvaban
Preterite	curvei	curvaches	curvou	curvamos	curvastes	curvaron
Pluperfect	curvara	curvaras	curvara	curvaramos	curvarades	curvaran
Future	curvarei	curvarás	curvará	curvaremos	curvaredes	curvarán
Conditional	curvaría	curvarías	curvaría	curvariamos	curvariades	curvarían
Subjunctive
Present	curve	curves	curve	curvemos	curvedes	curven
Imperfect	curvase	curvases	curvase	curvásemos	curvásedes	curvasen
Future	curvar	curvares	curvar	curvarmos	curvardes	curvaren
Imperative
Affirmative		curva	curve	curvemos	curvade	curven
Negative (non)		non curves	non curve	non curvemos	non curvedes	non curven

    Reintegrated conjugation of curvar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	curvar
Personal	curvar	curvares	curvar	curvarmos	curvardes	curvarem
Gerund
	curvando
Past participle
Masculine	curvado			curvados
Feminine	curvada			curvadas
Indicative
Present	curvo	curvas	curva	curvamos	curvades, curvais	curvam
Imperfect	curvava	curvavas	curvava	curvávamos	curvávades, curváveis, curvávais1	curvavam
Preterite	curvei	curvaste, curvache1	curvou	curvamos	curvastes	curvárom, curvaram
Pluperfect	curvara	curvaras	curvara	curváramos	curvárades, curváreis, curvárais1	curvaram
Future	curvarei	curvarás	curvará	curvaremos	curvaredes, curvareis	curvarám, curvarão
Conditional	curvaria	curvarias	curvaria	curvaríamos	curvaríades, curvaríeis, curvaríais1	curvariam
Subjunctive
Present	curve	curves	curve	curvemos	curvedes, curveis	curvem
Imperfect	curvasse	curvasses	curvasse	curvássemos	curvássedes, curvásseis	curvassem
Future	curvar	curvares	curvar	curvarmos	curvardes	curvarem
Imperative
Affirmative		curva	curve	curvemos	curvade, curvai	curvem
Negative (nom)		nom curves	nom curve	nom curvemos	nom curvedes, nom curveis	nom curvem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• curva
• curvatura
• curvo

 

Further reading

• “curvar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curvāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuʁˈva(ʁ)/ [kuɦˈva(h)]

• (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/

• (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)

1. (transitive) to bend (shape into a curve)
2. (transitive, sports) to curve (make a ball curve or bend in the air)
3. (reflexive) to bow (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of curvar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	curvar
Personal	curvar	curvares	curvar	curvarmos	curvardes	curvarem
Gerund
	curvando
Past participle
Masculine	curvado			curvados
Feminine	curvada			curvadas
Indicative
Present	curvo	curvas	curva	curvamos	curvais	curvam
Imperfect	curvava	curvavas	curvava	curvávamos	curváveis	curvavam
Preterite	curvei	curvaste	curvou	curvamos1, curvámos2	curvastes	curvaram
Pluperfect	curvara	curvaras	curvara	curváramos	curváreis	curvaram
Future	curvarei	curvarás	curvará	curvaremos	curvareis	curvarão
Conditional	curvaria	curvarias	curvaria	curvaríamos	curvaríeis	curvariam
Subjunctive
Present	curve	curves	curve	curvemos	curveis	curvem
Imperfect	curvasse	curvasses	curvasse	curvássemos	curvásseis	curvassem
Future	curvar	curvares	curvar	curvarmos	curvardes	curvarem
Imperative
Affirmative		curva	curve	curvemos	curvai	curvem
Negative (não)		não curves	não curve	não curvemos	não curveis	não curvem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Romanian

Etymology

From curvă +‎ -ar; cf. also Old Church Slavonic коуръварь (kurŭvarĭ).

Noun

curvar m (plural curvari)

1. (popular) libertine, lecher, rake, immoral womanizer, whoremonger, adulterer

   Synonyms: afemeiat, desfrânat

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)

1. (transitive) to bend

   Synonym: encorvar

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

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    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

• curva
• curvo

 

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], 2024 December 10