curvar

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)/

  • 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

1Brazil.
2Portugal.

Romanian

Etymology

From curvă +‎ -ar; cf. also Slavic *kurъvařь.

Noun

curvar m (plural curvari)

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

Declension
Declension of curvar
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) curvar curvarul (niște) curvari curvarii
genitive/dative (unui) curvar curvarului (unor) curvari curvarilor
vocative curvarule curvarilor

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin curvāre, present active infinitive of curvō, probably borrowed; cf. corvar and encorvar.

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

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