curva
Spanish, noun
curva is spelled C-U-R-V-A (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,498th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curva is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “curve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of curvo. With an accent, curvá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of curvar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Línea o dirección que no es recta, que se dobla o cambia gradualmente de rumbo o inclinación sin formar…”.
What does curva mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecurve
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of curvo
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of curvar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Línea o dirección que no es recta, que se dobla o cambia gradualmente de rumbo o inclinación sin formar ángulos. 2. Línea que no es recta en ninguno de sus segmentos; fragmento de una elipse o de un círculo. 3. Segmento o tramo no recto de una vía, carretera, camino, etc. 4. Dentro de un gráfico de estadística, línea que muestra la variación de un fenómeno a lo largo de un conjunto de variables (en diferentes momentos, lugares, etc.).
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 curva
- curvas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to curva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is curva in Spanish?
curva appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).