curare

See also: curaré

English
Strychnos toxifera

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Cariban language; compare Kari'na urari, Trió urari, wïrari, Akawaio urari, Pemon urari, Macushi urari, referring to various vines of genus Strychnos.

Pronunciation

Noun

curare (usually uncountable, plural curares)

  1. A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.
  2. Other South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the family Menispermaceae.
  3. A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish curare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kyˈraː.rə/, /kuˈraː.rə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: cu‧ra‧re

Noun

curare n (uncountable)

  1. curare

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cūrāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cu‧rà‧re
  • Audio(file)

Verb

curàre (first-person singular present cùro, first-person singular past historic curài, past participle curàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, medicine) to treat, cure (a patient, disease, etc.)
    Synonyms: medicare, fasciare, sanare, guarire
  2. (transitive) to look after
    Synonyms: badare, guardare, provvedere a, governare, seguire
    curare gli interessi di John
    to look after John's interests
  3. (transitive) to value; to take care of
    curare le amicizie ― to value friendships
  4. (transitive) (with [che + subj.] or [di + inf.]) to do in such a way (that); to make it so (that)
    Synonym: adoperarsi
    Curerò che lui non sappia nulla dell'accaduto.
    I will make sure that he won't know anything about what happened.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of curàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive curàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund curàndo
present participle curànte past participle curàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present cùro cùri cùra curiàmo curàte cùrano
imperfect curàvo curàvi curàva curavàmo curavàte curàvano
past historic curài curàsti curò curàmmo curàste curàrono
future curerò curerài curerà curerémo cureréte curerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present curerèi curerésti curerèbbe, curerébbe curerémmo cureréste curerèbbero, curerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present cùri cùri cùri curiàmo curiàte cùrino
imperfect curàssi curàssi curàsse curàssimo curàste curàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
cùra cùri curiàmo curàte cùrino
negative imperative non curàre non cùri non curiàmo non curàte non cùrino

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Latin

Verb

cūrāre

  1. inflection of cūrō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈɾa.ɾi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈɾa.ɾe/

  • Hyphenation: cu‧ra‧re

Noun

curare m (uncountable)

  1. curare (a substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine)

Romanian

Etymology

From cura +‎ -re.

Noun

curare f (plural curări)

  1. cleaning, purification

Declension
Declension of curare
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) curare curarea (niște) curări curările
genitive/dative (unei) curări curării (unor) curări curărilor
vocative curare, curareo curărilor

References
  • curare in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuˈɾaɾe/ [kuˈɾa.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -aɾe
  • Syllabification: cu‧ra‧re

Noun

curare m (plural curares)

  1. curare

Verb

curare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of curar

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

curare n

  1. curare

Declension
Declension of curare 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative curare curaret — —
Genitive curares curarets — —
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