curva
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian curva (“curve”).
Noun
editcurva (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
editAdjective
editcurva
Noun
editcurva f (plural curves)
Catalan
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcurva 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
editEtymology
editFeminine of curvo (“curved”), from Latin curvus (“bent”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcurva f (plural curvas)
Adjective
editcurva
Verb
editcurva
- 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
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNominalized feminine singular of curvo (“curved”, adjective).
Noun
editcurva f (plural curve)
- bend, curve, trajectory
- the bank of seats at the ends of a football/soccer pitch
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editUnknown
Alternative forms
editNoun
editcurva f (plural curve) (obsolete)
- (veterinary medicine) Synonym of corba
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editcurva f sg
Etymology 4
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editcurva
- inflection of curvare:
Further reading
editLatin
editAdjective
editcurva
- inflection of curvus:
Adjective
editcurvā
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
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: cur‧va
Etymology 1
editFeminine of curvo (“curved”), from Latin curvus (“bent”).
Noun
editcurva f (plural curvas)
Antonyms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editAdjective
editcurva
Etymology 3
editVerb
editcurva
- inflection of curvar:
Romanian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcurva f sg
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom curvo.
Noun
editcurva f (plural curvas)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editAdjective
editcurva
Etymology 2
editVerb
editcurva
- inflection of curvar:
Further reading
edit- “curvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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