encorvar

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin incurvāre. Cognate with English incurve.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enkoɾˈbaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧cor‧var

Verb

encorvar (first-person singular present encorvo, first-person singular preterite encorvé, past participle encorvado)

  1. (transitive) to curve, to bend
  2. (reflexive) to hunch, to stoop

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encorvar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive encorvar
gerund encorvando
past participle masculine feminine
singular encorvado encorvada
plural encorvados encorvadas
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 encorvo encorvastú
encorvásvos 		encorva encorvamos encorváis encorvan
imperfect encorvaba encorvabas encorvaba encorvábamos encorvabais encorvaban
preterite encorvé encorvaste encorvó encorvamos encorvasteis encorvaron
future encorvaré encorvarás encorvará encorvaremos encorvaréis encorvarán
conditional encorvaría encorvarías encorvaría encorvaríamos encorvaríais encorvarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present encorve encorvestú
encorvésvos2 		encorve encorvemos encorvéis encorven
imperfect
(ra) 		encorvara encorvaras encorvara encorváramos encorvarais encorvaran
imperfect
(se) 		encorvase encorvases encorvase encorvásemos encorvaseis encorvasen
future1 encorvare encorvares encorvare encorváremos encorvareis encorvaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative encorvatú
encorvávos 		encorve encorvemos encorvad encorven
negative no encorves no encorve no encorvemos no encorvéis no encorven

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

    Selected combined forms of encorvar

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 encorvar
dative encorvarme encorvarte encorvarle, encorvarse encorvarnos encorvaros encorvarles, encorvarse
accusative encorvarme encorvarte encorvarlo, encorvarla, encorvarse encorvarnos encorvaros encorvarlos, encorvarlas, encorvarse
with gerund encorvando
dative encorvándome encorvándote encorvándole, encorvándose encorvándonos encorvándoos encorvándoles, encorvándose
accusative encorvándome encorvándote encorvándolo, encorvándola, encorvándose encorvándonos encorvándoos encorvándolos, encorvándolas, encorvándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative encorva
dative encórvame encórvate encórvale encórvanos not used encórvales
accusative encórvame encórvate encórvalo, encórvala encórvanos not used encórvalos, encórvalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative encorvá
dative encorvame encorvate encorvale encorvanos not used encorvales
accusative encorvame encorvate encorvalo, encorvala encorvanos not used encorvalos, encorvalas
with formal second-person singular imperative encorve
dative encórveme not used encórvele, encórvese encórvenos not used encórveles
accusative encórveme not used encórvelo, encórvela, encórvese encórvenos not used encórvelos, encórvelas
with first-person plural imperative encorvemos
dative not used encorvémoste encorvémosle encorvémonos encorvémoos encorvémosles
accusative not used encorvémoste encorvémoslo, encorvémosla encorvémonos encorvémoos encorvémoslos, encorvémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative encorvad
dative encorvadme not used encorvadle encorvadnos encorvaos encorvadles
accusative encorvadme not used encorvadlo, encorvadla encorvadnos encorvaos encorvadlos, encorvadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative encorven
dative encórvenme not used encórvenle encórvennos not used encórvenles, encórvense
accusative encórvenme not used encórvenlo, encórvenla encórvennos not used encórvenlos, encórvenlas, encórvense

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