curva

Borrowed from Italian curva (“curve”).

curva (plural curvas)

1. 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.

curva

1. feminine singular of curvu

curva f (plural curves)

1. (geometry) curve
2. curve (of a road)

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkur.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈkur.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkuɾ.va]

curva f (plural curves)

1. alternative form of corba (“curve”)

• “curva” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Feminine of curvo (“curved”), from Latin curvus (“bent”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuɾβɐ]

curva f (plural curvas)

1. curve (a gentle bend)
2. curve (a curved line)

   Antonym: recta

curva

1. feminine singular of curvo

curva

1. inflection of curvar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “curva”, 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), “curva”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “curva”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈkur.va/
• Rhymes: -urva
• Hyphenation: cùr‧va

Nominalized feminine singular of curvo (“curved”, adjective).

curva f (plural curve)

1. bend, curve, trajectory
2. the bank of seats at the ends of a football/soccer pitch

• curvimetro

Unknown

• curba

curva f (plural curve) (obsolete)

1. (veterinary medicine) synonym of corba

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

curva f sg

1. feminine singular of curvo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

curva

1. inflection of curvare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• curva¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• curva² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

curva

1. inflection of curvus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

curvā

1. ablative feminine singular of curvus

• "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)

• Hyphenation: cur‧va

Feminine of curvo (“curved”), from Latin curvus (“bent”).

curva f (plural curvas)

1. curve (a gentle bend)

   Synonym: curvatura

2. curve (a curved line)

• reta

curva

1. feminine singular of curvo

curva

1. inflection of curvar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈkur.va/

curva f sg

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of curvă

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾba/ [ˈkuɾ.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -uɾba
• Syllabification: cur‧va

From curvo.

curva f (plural curvas)

1. curve

curva

1. feminine singular of curvo

curva

1. inflection of curvar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “curvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024