curva
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
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