encorvar

Spanish

Alternative forms

corvar (rare)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin incurvāre. Cognate with English incurve.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /enkoɾˈbaɾ/ [ẽŋ.koɾˈβ̞aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: en‧cor‧var

Verb

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

(transitive) to curve, to bend
(reflexive) to hunch, to stoop

Conjugation

Conjugation of encorvar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			encorvar
gerund			encorvando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		encorvado		encorvada
		plural		encorvados		encorvadas
		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	encorvas^{^tú} encorvás^{^vos}	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	encorves^{^tú} encorvés^{^vos²}	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		encorva^{^tú} encorvá^{^vos}	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
with infinitive encorvar	accusative	encorvarme	encorvarte	encorvarlo, encorvarla, encorvarse	encorvarnos	encorvaros	encorvarlos, encorvarlas, encorvarse

with gerund encorvando	dative	encorvándome	encorvándote	encorvándole, encorvándose	encorvándonos	encorvándoos	encorvándoles, encorvándose
with gerund encorvando	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
with informal second-person singular tú imperative encorva	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
with formal second-person singular imperative encorve	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
with first-person plural imperative encorvemos	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
with informal second-person plural imperative encorvad	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
with formal second-person plural imperative encorven	accusative	encórvenme	not used	encórvenlo, encórvenla	encórvennos	not used	encórvenlos, encórvenlas, encórvense

Related terms

curvar