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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian curva (“curve”).
Noun[edit]
curva (plural curvas)
- The bank of seats behind the goal, especially in continental European stadia, where the most dedicated fans sit.
- 1996, Vic Duke, Liz Crolley, Football, Nationality and the State, Taylor & Francis:
- The mutual influences (or 'interference') between fans in the curva and political extremism has several dimensions.
- 1997, Gary Armstrong, Richard Giulianotti, Entering the field: new perspectives on world football, Berg Publishers:
- Legacies of political commitment have influenced the ultras associations in the curvas.
- 2006, Peter Bourne, Passion in the Piazza, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 11:
- Even arriving two hours before the game was not enough to guarantee a seat in the curva.
Asturian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
curva
Noun[edit]
curva f (plural curves)
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
curva f (plural curves)
- Alternative form of corba (“curve”)
Further reading[edit]
- “curva” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Feminine of curvo (“curved”), from Latin curvus (“bent”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
curva f (plural curvas)
Adjective[edit]
curva
Verb[edit]
curva
- inflection of curvar:
References[edit]
- “curva” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “curva” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “curva” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Nominalized feminine singular of curvo (“curved”, adjective).
Noun[edit]
curva f (plural curve)
- bend, curve, trajectory
- the bank of seats at the ends of a football/soccer pitch
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Unknown
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
curva f (plural curve) (obsolete)
- (veterinary medicine) Synonym of corba
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective[edit]
curva f sg
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
curva
- inflection of curvare:
Further reading[edit]
- curva1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- curva2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
curva
- inflection of curvus:
Adjective[edit]
curvā
References[edit]
- curva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: cur‧va
Etymology 1[edit]
Feminine of curvo (“curved”), from Latin curvus (“bent”).
Noun[edit]
curva f (plural curvas)
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
curva
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
curva
- inflection of curvar:
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
curva f sg
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From curvo.
Noun[edit]
curva f (plural curvas)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
curva
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
curva
- inflection of curvar:
Further reading[edit]
- “curvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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