curve

curve
kə:v
1. noun
1) (a line which is not straight at any point, like part of the edge of a circle.) curva
2) (anything shaped like this: a curve in the road.) curva

2. verb
(to bend in a curve: The road curves east.) torcerse, hacer curva
- curvy
curve n curva
a curve in the road una curva en la carretera
curve
tr[kɜːv]
noun
1 (gen) curva
transitive verb
1 encorvar
intransitive verb
1 (of road, river, ball) describir una curva, torcer; (surface) estar curvado,-a, combarse, encorvarse
curve ['kərv] v, curved ; curving vi
: torcerse, describir una curva
curve vt
: encorvar
curve n
: curva f
curve
adj.
curvo, -a adj.
n.
comba s.f.
corva s.f.
curva s.f.
curvo s.m.
v.
combar v.
corcovar v.
encorvar v.
tornear v.

I kɜːrv, kɜːv
noun curva f

to throw somebody a curve — (AmE) agarrar or (esp Esp) coger* a alguien desprevenido


II
intransitive verb
a) \<\<surface\>\> estar* curvado or combado
b) \<\<river/ball\>\> describir* una curva

the path curves down to the sea — el sendero tuerce y baja hacia el mar

[kɜːv]
1.
N (gen) curva f
2.
VT [+ spine, back] encorvar, doblar
3.
VI [road, line etc] torcerse, hacer curva; [surface] combarse

the walls curve inward/outward — las paredes están combadas hacia dentro/fuera

the road curves round the mountain — la carretera va haciendo curvas or dando vueltas alrededor de la montaña

the boomerang curved through the air — el bumerán describió or hizo una curva en el aire

a wide, curving staircase — una amplia escalera en curva

4.
CPD

curve ball N (esp US)

- throw sb a curve ball
* * *

I [kɜːrv, kɜːv]
noun curva f

to throw somebody a curve — (AmE) agarrar or (esp Esp) coger* a alguien desprevenido


II
intransitive verb
a) \<\<surface\>\> estar* curvado or combado
b) \<\<river/ball\>\> describir* una curva

the path curves down to the sea — el sendero tuerce y baja hacia el mar


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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