corbar

Catalan

Etymology

From corb (“curve”) +‎ -ar. First attested in 1575.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kurˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [korˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɾˈbaɾ]

Verb

corbar (first-person singular present corbo, first-person singular preterite corbí, past participle corbat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to curve

   Synonym: encorbar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of corbar (first conjugation)

infinitive			corbar
gerund			corbant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		corbat		corbada
		plural		corbats		corbades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	corbo	corbes	corba	corbem	corbeu	corben
	imperfect	corbava	corbaves	corbava	corbàvem	corbàveu	corbaven
	future	corbaré	corbaràs	corbarà	corbarem	corbareu	corbaran
	preterite	corbí	corbares	corbà	corbàrem	corbàreu	corbaren
	conditional	corbaria	corbaries	corbaria	corbaríem	corbaríeu	corbarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	corbi	corbis	corbi	corbem	corbeu	corbin
	imperfect	corbés	corbessis	corbés	corbéssim	corbéssiu	corbessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	corba	corbi	corbem	corbeu	corbin
	negative (no)	—	no corbis	no corbi	no corbem	no corbeu	no corbin

Related terms

• corb

Further reading

• “corbar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “corbar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “corbar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Anagrams

• barroc, brocar, cobrar