curva
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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]- 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
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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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