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Asturian
Adjective
curvo
- neuter of curvu
Galician
Etymology 1
Attested since the 13th century.From Latin curvus (“bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn; to bend”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
curvo (feminine curva, masculine plural curvos, feminine plural curvas)
- curved; bent
- Synonym: curvado
- humpbacked
- Synonyms: chepudo, corcovado, xiboso
- aquiline
1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 270:Nástor [...] auj́a o nariz curuo- Nestor's nose was aquiline
Noun
curvo m (plural curvos)
- flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus)
- Synonym: muxe
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “curuo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “curu”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “curvo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “curvo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “curvo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
curvo
- first-person singular present indicative of curvar
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin curvus (“bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn; to bend”).
Adjective
curvo (feminine curva, masculine plural curvi, feminine plural curve)
- curved, bent, twisty
- bent, stooping (with rounded shoulders)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
curvo
- first-person singular present indicative of curvare
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From curvus + -ō.
Verb
curvō (present infinitive curvāre, perfect active curvāvī, supine curvātum); first conjugation
- to crook, bend, bow, curve
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
curvō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of curvus
References
- “curvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “curvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- curvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin curvus (“bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn; to bend”).
Adjective
curvo (feminine curva, masculine plural curvos, feminine plural curvas)
- curved; bent
- Synonyms: arqueado, curvado, torto
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
curvo
- first-person singular present indicative of curvar
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
curvo f
- vocative singular of curvă
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuɾbo/
- Rhymes: -uɾbo
- Syllabification: cur‧vo
Etymology 1
From Latin curvus (“bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn; to bend”).
Adjective
curvo (feminine curva, masculine plural curvos, feminine plural curvas)
- curved; bent
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
curvo
- first-person singular present indicative of curvar
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