curare

See also: curaré

English

Strychnos toxifera

Alternative forms

• curari, urare, urari, woorari, wurali

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kjʊˈɹɑː.ɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /kjʊˈɹɑ.ɹi/

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.

Derived terms

• anticurare
• curarine
• curarise
• -curium
• -curonium
• leptocurare
• pachycurare
• tubocurarine

 

Related terms

• curariform
• curarisation, curarization
• curarize

 

Translations

a substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine

• Dutch: curare (nl) n
• French: curare (fr) m
• German: Curare n
• Italian: curaro (it) m
• Polish: kurara f
• Portuguese: curare (pt) m
• Spanish: curare (es) m

References

• “curare”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “curare”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• Carreu, Ur-race, ur-race

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish curare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyˈraː.rə/, /kuˈraː.rə/

• Audio:

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• 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:

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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	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

Related terms

• cura
• curante
• curarsi
• curatela
• curativo
• curato
• curatore
• curazione

 

Anagrams

• curerà

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/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾa.ɾɨ/

• 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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	curare	curarea		curări	curările
genitive-dative	curări	curării		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

Etymology 1

Noun

curare m (plural curares)

1. curare

Etymology 2

Verb

curare

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

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

curare n

1. curare

Declension

Declension of curare

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	curare	curares
	definite	curaret	curarets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—