corcovar

Spanish

Etymology

From corcova (“curvature”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾkoˈbaɾ/ [koɾ.koˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cor‧co‧var

Verb

corcovar (first-person singular present corcovo, first-person singular preterite corcové, past participle corcovado)

1. (transitive) to bend

   Synonym: gibar

Further reading

• “corcovar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10