corva
Spanish, noun
corva is spelled C-O-R-V-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 116,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corva is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “ham, hock (back of the knee), knee bight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of corvo. With an accent, corvá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of corvar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte opuesta a la rodilla por donde se dobla la pierna”.
What does corva mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineham, hock (back of the knee), knee bight
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of corvo
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of corvar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte opuesta a la rodilla por donde se dobla la pierna. 2. Tipo de tumor o crecimiento que se forma en la parte de adentro del corvejón en bestias como caballos, mulas, etc. 3. Cada una de cuatro plumas anchas que tienen las aves en la remera de las alas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of corva
- corvas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to corva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corva in Spanish?
corva appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).