curvetear
Portuguese, verb/kuʁ.ve.teˈa(ʁ)/
curvetear is spelled C-U-R-V-E-T-E-A-R (9 letters). Curvetear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to stand on one’s hind legs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer curvetas (em se falando do cavalo)”.
What does curvetear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stand on one’s hind legs
- 2
to move about making small curves
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer curvetas (em se falando do cavalo)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of curvetear
- curveteio first-person present singular
- curveteei first-person preterite singular
- curveteado participle past
- curveteares infinitive second-person singular
- curvetearmos first-person infinitive plural
- curveteardes infinitive plural second-person
- curvetearem infinitive plural third-person
- curveteando gerund
- curveteados masculine participle past
- curveteada feminine participle past
- curveteadas feminine participle past
- curveteias indicative present second-person
- curveteia indicative present singular
- curveteamos first-person indicative plural
- curveteais indicative plural present
- curveteiam indicative plural present
- curveteava first-person imperfect indicative
- curveteavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce curvetear?
- Brazil /kuʁ.ve.teˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kuɦ.ve.teˈa(h)]
- /kuɾ.ve.teˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to curvetear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.