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1 to boomerang on somebody
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2 curve
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1. noun1) (a line which is not straight at any point, like part of the edge of a circle.) curva2) (anything shaped like this: a curve in the road.) curva
2. verb(to bend in a curve: The road curves east.) torcerse, hacer curva- curved- curvy
curve n curvatr[kɜːv]1 (gen) curva1 encorvar1 (of road, river, ball) describir una curva, torcer; (surface) estar curvado,-a, combarse, encorvarse: torcerse, describir una curvacurve vt: encorvarcurve n: curva fadj.• curvo, -a adj.n.• comba s.f.• corva s.f.• curva s.f.• curvo s.m.v.• combar v.• corcovar v.• encorvar v.• tornear v.
I kɜːrv, kɜːvnoun curva fto throw somebody a curve — (AmE) agarrar or (esp Esp) coger* a alguien desprevenido
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a) \<\<surface\>\> estar* curvado or combadob) \<\<river/ball\>\> describir* una curva[kɜːv]1.N (gen) curva f2.VT [+ spine, back] encorvar, doblar3.VI [road, line etc] torcerse, hacer curva; [surface] combarsethe walls curve inward/outward — las paredes están combadas hacia dentro/fuera
the road curves round the mountain — la carretera va haciendo curvas or dando vueltas alrededor de la montaña
the boomerang curved through the air — el bumerán describió or hizo una curva en el aire
a wide, curving staircase — una amplia escalera en curva
4.CPDcurve ball N (esp US) —
- throw sb a curve ball* * *
I [kɜːrv, kɜːv]noun curva fto throw somebody a curve — (AmE) agarrar or (esp Esp) coger* a alguien desprevenido
II
a) \<\<surface\>\> estar* curvado or combadob) \<\<river/ball\>\> describir* una curva
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