corva

Galician

Adjective

corva

1. feminine singular of corvo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoɾba/ [ˈkoɾ.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oɾba
• Syllabification: cor‧va

Etymology 1

From corvo (“curved”).

Noun

corva f (plural corvas)

1. ham (back of the knee)

Adjective

corva

1. feminine singular of corvo

Etymology 2

Verb

corva

1. inflection of corvar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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