curl

curl
[kɜːl]
sustantivo
1rizo (m) (of hair)rulo (m) (Andes, RP); voluta (f) (of smoke)
verbo transitivo
2rizar (hair)
  • to curl one's lip (of smoke) -> hacer un gesto de desprecio
  • to curl oneself into a ball -> enroscarse, hacerse un ovillo
verbo intransitivo
3rizarse (hair); abarquillarse (paper); formar volutas (smoke)

curl [kerl]
sustantivo
1Bucle o rizo, rulo, chino (of hair); bucle, tirabuzón (ringlet).
2Tortuosidad, sinuosidad, ondulación.
3Enfermedad de los melocotones.
4Alabeo (de la madera).
Voluta (of smoke). (Cuba) Crespo.
1Rizar o encrespar, formar rizos o bucles, enchinar, enrular (hair).
2Ensortijar, torcer.
3Ondear, formar ondas u ondulaciones en alguna cosa.
  • To curl the lip -> fruncir el labio, hacer una mueca, torcer el gesto (twist, bend)
  • The snake curled itself around the branch -> la serpiente se enroscó en la rama
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
4Rizarse, ensortijarse, encresparse, enchinarse, enrularse (hair); ondearse, enroscarse, ondularse, rizarse (paper, leaf, edge). (n)
va. Formar o hacer volutas, subir en espirales (smoke).

curl [kɜːl]
noun
[of hair] rizo; (m) (ringlet) bucle; (m) sortija; (f) [of smoke etc] espiral; (m) voluta; (f)
verb:transitive
[+hair] rizar; [+paper] arrollar
she curled her lip in scorn hizo una mueca de desprecio
verb:intransitive
[+hair] rizarse; [+paper] arrollarse; [+leaf] abarquillarse; [+waves] encresparse;

Verb Conjugation for "curl"

Imperative
  • curl
  • you curl
  • he/she curls
  • we curl
  • you curl
  • they curl
Preterite
  • I curled
  • you curled
  • he/she curled
  • we curled
  • you curled
  • they curled
Present Continuous
  • I am curling
  • you are curling
  • he/she is curling
  • we are curling
  • you are curling
  • they are curling
Present Perfect
  • I have curled
  • you have curled
  • he/she has curled
  • we have curled
  • you have curled
  • they have curled
Past Continuous
  • I was curling
  • you were curling
  • he/she was curling
  • we were curling
  • you were curling
  • they were curling
Past Perfect
  • I had curled
  • you had curled
  • he/she had curled
  • we had curled
  • you had curled
  • they had curled
Future
  • I will curl
  • you will curl
  • he/she will curl
  • we will curl
  • you will curl
  • they will curl
Future Perfect
  • I will have curled
  • you will have curled
  • he/she will have curled
  • we will have curled
  • you will have curled
  • they will have curled
Future Continuous
  • I will be curling
  • you will be curling
  • he/she will be curling
  • we will be curling
  • you will be curling
  • they will be curling
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been curling
  • you have been curling
  • he/she has been curling
  • we have been curling
  • you have been curling
  • they have been curling
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been curling
  • you will have been curling
  • he/she will have been curling
  • we will have been curling
  • you will have been curling
  • they will have been curling
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been curling
  • you had been curling
  • he/she had been curling
  • we had been curling
  • you had been curling
  • they had been curling
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