curador

See also: curadôr

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cūrātōrem (“guardian”), corresponding to curar (“to cure”) +‎ -dor (“-er”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [ku.ɾaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [ku.ɾaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾaˈdoʁ/ [ku.ɾaˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ku.ɾɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾɐˈdoɾ/ [ku.ɾɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾɐˈdo.ɾi/ [ku.ɾɐˈðo.ɾi]

Noun

curador m (plural curadores, feminine curadora, feminine plural curadoras)

2. curator (person who manages a collection, especially of a museum)
4. curator; trustee (person appointed as the guardian of someone else’s estate)
6. curer; healer (someone who cures, heals)

Adjective

curador (feminine curadora, masculine plural curadores, feminine plural curadoras)

2. healing; curing (which heals, cures)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cūrātōrem (“guardian”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuɾaˈdoɾ/ [ku.ɾaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: cu‧ra‧dor

Noun

curador m (plural curadores, feminine curadora, feminine plural curadoras)

1. curator
2. executor
3. trustee

Further reading

• “curador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28