curvo

See also: curvó and curvò

Asturian

Adjective

curvo

1. 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

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuɾβʊ]

Adjective

curvo (feminine curva, masculine plural curvos, feminine plural curvas)

1. curved; bent

   Synonym: curvado

2. humpbacked

   Synonyms: chepudo, corcovado, xiboso

3. 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)

1. flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus)

   Synonym: muxe

Related terms

• curvar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “curuo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “curvo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (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

1. first-person singular present indicative of curvar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkur.vo/
• Rhymes: -urvo
• Hyphenation: cùr‧vo

Etymology 1

Derived from Latin curvus (“bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn; to bend”).

Adjective

curvo (feminine curva, masculine plural curvi, feminine plural curve, adverb curvamente)

1. curved, bent, twisty
2. hunching, bent, stooping (with rounded shoulders)

Related terms

• curva
• curvezza
• curvità

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

curvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of curvare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʊr.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkur.vo]

Etymology 1

From curvus +‎ -ō.

Verb

curvō (present infinitive curvāre, perfect active curvāvī, supine curvātum); first conjugation

1. to crook, bend, bow, curve

Conjugation

   Conjugation of curvō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	curvō		curvās		curvat		curvāmus		curvātis		curvant
	imperfect	curvābam		curvābās		curvābat		curvābāmus		curvābātis		curvābant
	future	curvābō		curvābis		curvābit		curvābimus		curvābitis		curvābunt
	perfect	curvāvī		curvāvistī		curvāvit		curvāvimus		curvāvistis		curvāvērunt, curvāvēre
	pluperfect	curvāveram		curvāverās		curvāverat		curvāverāmus		curvāverātis		curvāverant
	future perfect	curvāverō		curvāveris		curvāverit		curvāverimus		curvāveritis		curvāverint
passive	present	curvor		curvāris, curvāre		curvātur		curvāmur		curvāminī		curvantur
	imperfect	curvābar		curvābāris, curvābāre		curvābātur		curvābāmur		curvābāminī		curvābantur
	future	curvābor		curvāberis, curvābere		curvābitur		curvābimur		curvābiminī		curvābuntur
	perfect	curvātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	curvātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	curvātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	curvem		curvēs		curvet		curvēmus		curvētis		curvent
	imperfect	curvārem		curvārēs		curvāret		curvārēmus		curvārētis		curvārent
	perfect	curvāverim		curvāverīs		curvāverit		curvāverīmus		curvāverītis		curvāverint
	pluperfect	curvāvissem		curvāvissēs		curvāvisset		curvāvissēmus		curvāvissētis		curvāvissent
passive	present	curver		curvēris, curvēre		curvētur		curvēmur		curvēminī		curventur
	imperfect	curvārer		curvārēris, curvārēre		curvārētur		curvārēmur		curvārēminī		curvārentur
	perfect	curvātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	curvātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		curvā		—		—		curvāte		—
	future	—		curvātō		curvātō		—		curvātōte		curvantō
passive	present	—		curvāre		—		—		curvāminī		—
	future	—		curvātor		curvātor		—		—		curvantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		curvāre			curvārī			curvāns			—
future		curvātūrum esse			curvātum īrī			curvātūrus			curvandus
perfect		curvāvisse			curvātum esse			—			curvātus
future perfect		—			curvātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		curvātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		curvandī		curvandō		curvandum		curvandō		curvātum		curvātū

Derived terms

• curvāmen
• incurvō

Descendants

• Catalan: corbar
• English: curve
• French: courber
• Galician: curvar
• Italian: curvare
• Occitan: corbar
• Portuguese: curvar
• Spanish: corvar, curvar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

curvō

1. 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkuʁ.vu/ [ˈkuɦ.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkuʁ.vu/ [ˈkuɦ.vu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾ.vu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkuʁ.vu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɻ.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkuʁ.vo/ [ˈkuɦ.vo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾ.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾ.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾ.bu/ [ˈkuɾ.βu]

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)

1. curved; bent

   Synonyms: arqueado, curvado, torto

Related terms

• curva
• curvadamente
• curvado
• curval
• curvamento
• curvar
• curvas
• curvatura
• curvejar
• curvi-
• curvidade

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

curvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of curvar

Further reading

• “curvo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “curvo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurvo]

Noun

curvo f

1. vocative singular of curvă

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾbo/ [ˈkuɾ.β̞o]
• 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)

1. curved; bent

Derived terms

• línea curva

Related terms

• curva f
• curvar (verb)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

curvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of curvar

Further reading

• “curvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025