curvar
[kuɾˈβ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“curvar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer que algo deje de ser recto y se ponga corvo; dar o poner curvas a algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-curvar · curvar · Spanish
curvar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | curvar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kuɾˈβ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “curvar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
curvar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kuɾˈβ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hacer que algo deje de ser recto y se ponga corvo; dar o poner curvas a algo.".
curvar has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is curvar, spelled C-U-R-V-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer que algo deje de ser recto y se ponga corvo; dar o poner curvas a algo.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.