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

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curvāre.

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)

  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

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

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

Further reading

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