curo

See also: curó, curò, and ĉuro

Catalan

Verb

curo

1. first-person singular present indicative of curar

Galician

Verb

curo

1. first-person singular present indicative of curar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Spanish churro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃuro]
• Hyphenation: cu‧ro

Noun

curo (first-person possessive curoku, second-person possessive curomu, third-person possessive curonya)

1. (cooking) churro: a fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.

Further reading

• “curo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ro/
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: cù‧ro

Verb

curo

1. first-person singular present indicative of curare

Anagrams

• cuor

Latin

Etymology

From cūra +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.roː/, [ˈkuːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ro/, [ˈkuːro]

Verb

cūrō (present infinitive cūrāre, perfect active cūrāvī, supine cūrātum); first conjugation

1. to arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to

   Synonyms: accūrō, cū̆stōdiō, servō, videō, cōnsulō, prōcūrō, colō, cōnsultō, respiciō, serviō, caveō

   Rōmānī templa deōrum magnā diligentiā cūrant.

   The Romans care for the temples of the gods with great diligence.

   • Benedictus de Spinoza, Tractatus Politicus

     sedulo curavi, humanas actiones non ridere, non lugere, neque detestari, sed intelligere

     I have laboured diligently, not to mock, lament, or execrate human actions; but to understand them.

2. to heal, cure

   similia similibus curantur

   likes cure likes

3. to govern, command, preside over

   Synonym: praesum

4. to refresh (when occurring with corpus)
5. to undertake, procure
6. (reflexive) to trouble (oneself)
7. (in mercantile language) to take care of money matters, adjust or settle, pay

   Synonyms: pendo, absolvo, persolvo, erogo, solvo

Conjugation

Conjugation of cūrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cūrō	cūrās	cūrat	cūrāmus	cūrātis	cūrant
	imperfect	cūrābam	cūrābās	cūrābat	cūrābāmus	cūrābātis	cūrābant
	future	cūrābō	cūrābis	cūrābit	cūrābimus	cūrābitis	cūrābunt
	perfect	cūrāvī	cūrāvistī, cūrāstī3	cūrāvit, cūrāt3	cūrāvimus, cūrāmus3	cūrāvistis, cūrāstis3	cūrāvērunt, cūrāvēre, cūrārunt3
	pluperfect	cūrāveram, cūrāram3	cūrāverās, cūrārās3	cūrāverat, cūrārat3	cūrāverāmus, cūrārāmus3	cūrāverātis, cūrārātis3	cūrāverant, cūrārant3
	future perfect	cūrāverō, cūrārō3	cūrāveris, cūrāris3	cūrāverit, cūrārit3	cūrāverimus, cūrārimus3	cūrāveritis, cūrāritis3	cūrāverint, cūrārint3
	sigmatic future1	cūrāssō	cūrāssis	cūrāssit	cūrāssimus	cūrāssitis	cūrāssint
passive	present	cūror	cūrāris, cūrāre	cūrātur	cūrāmur	cūrāminī	cūrantur
	imperfect	cūrābar	cūrābāris, cūrābāre	cūrābātur	cūrābāmur	cūrābāminī	cūrābantur
	future	cūrābor	cūrāberis, cūrābere	cūrābitur	cūrābimur	cūrābiminī	cūrābuntur
	perfect	cūrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cūrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cūrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cūrem	cūrēs	cūret	cūrēmus	cūrētis	cūrent
	imperfect	cūrārem	cūrārēs	cūrāret	cūrārēmus	cūrārētis	cūrārent
	perfect	cūrāverim, cūrārim3	cūrāverīs, cūrārīs3	cūrāverit, cūrārit3	cūrāverīmus, cūrārīmus3	cūrāverītis, cūrārītis3	cūrāverint, cūrārint3
	pluperfect	cūrāvissem, cūrāssem3	cūrāvissēs, cūrāssēs3	cūrāvisset, cūrāsset3	cūrāvissēmus, cūrāssēmus3	cūrāvissētis, cūrāssētis3	cūrāvissent, cūrāssent3
	sigmatic aorist1	cūrāssim	cūrāssīs	cūrāssīt	cūrāssīmus	cūrāssītis	cūrāssint
passive	present	cūrer	cūrēris, cūrēre	cūrētur	cūrēmur	cūrēminī	cūrentur
	imperfect	cūrārer	cūrārēris, cūrārēre	cūrārētur	cūrārēmur	cūrārēminī	cūrārentur
	perfect	cūrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cūrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cūrā	—	—	cūrāte	—
	future	—	cūrātō	cūrātō	—	cūrātōte	cūrantō
passive	present	—	cūrāre	—	—	cūrāminī	—
	future	—	cūrātor	cūrātor	—	—	cūrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cūrāre	cūrāvisse, cūrāsse3	cūrātūrum esse	cūrārī, cūrārier2	cūrātum esse	cūrātum īrī
participles		cūrāns	—	cūrātūrus	—	cūrātus	cūrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cūrandī	cūrandō	cūrandum	cūrandō	cūrātum	cūrātū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
²The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
³At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• accūrō
• aliud cūrā
• cūrābilis
• cūrans
• cūrātūra
• cūrātus
• praecūrō
• procūrō
• recūrō

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: kuroj
• Aromanian: cur, curari
• Asturian: curar, curiar
• Catalan: curar
• → Danish: kurere
• → English: curate, cure, scour
• French: curer
• Friulian: curâ
• Galician: curar
• Italian: curare
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kurere
• Occitan: curar
• Portuguese: curar
• Romanian: cura
• Romansch: curar
• Sardinian: curài, curare
• Sicilian: curari
• Spanish: curar, curiar
• Venetan: curar

References

• “curo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• curo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to take no thought for the future: futura non cogitare, curare
    
  • to treat as a patient (used of a doctor): aegrotum curare
    
  • to cure a patient: aegrotum sanare (not curare)
    
  • not to trouble oneself about a thing: nihil omnino curare
    
  • to keep house: rem domesticam, familiarem administrare, regere, curare
    
  • to refresh oneself, minister to one's bodily wants: corpus curare (cibo, vino, somno)
    
  • (ambiguous) anxiety troubles and torments one: cura sollicitat angitque aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) good-bye; farewell: vale or cura ut valeas
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: cu‧ro
• Rhymes: -uɾu

Verb

curo

1. first-person singular present indicative of curar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

curo (Cyrillic spelling цуро)

1. vocative singular of cura

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾo/ [ˈku.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: cu‧ro

Etymology 1

Adjective

curo (feminine cura, masculine plural curos, feminine plural curas)

1. of or from Courland

Noun

curo m (plural curos, feminine cura, feminine plural curas)

1. someone from Courland

Etymology 2

Noun

curo m (plural curos)

1. (Colombia, dated) avocado tree

   Synonyms: aguacate, (Argentina, Chile) palto

See also

• cura

 

Etymology 3

Verb

curo

1. first-person singular present indicative of curar

Further reading

• “curo”, 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

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kuraw. By surface analysis, cur (“anxiety, pain; blow, beating”) +‎ -o, derived from Latin cūra (“care; anxiety”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkɨ̞rɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːrɔ/, /ˈkɪrɔ/

Verb

curo (first-person singular present curaf)

1. to beat, strike, hit

   Synonyms: bwrw, taro

2. to beat, defeat

   Synonym: trechu

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	curaf	curi	cura	curwn	curwch	curant	curir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	curwn	curit	curai	curem	curech	curent	curid
preterite	curais	curaist	curodd	curasom	curasoch	curasant	curwyd
pluperfect	curaswn	curasit	curasai	curasem	curasech	curasent	curasid, curesid
present subjunctive	curwyf	curych	curo	curom	curoch	curont	curer
imperative	—	cura	cured	curwn	curwch	curent	curer
verbal noun	curo
verbal adjectives	curedig curadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cura i, curaf i	curi di	curith o/e/hi, curiff e/hi	curwn ni	curwch chi	curan nhw
conditional	curwn i, curswn i	curet ti, curset ti	curai fo/fe/hi, cursai fo/fe/hi	curen ni, cursen ni	curech chi, cursech chi	curen nhw, cursen nhw
preterite	curais i, cures i	curaist ti, curest ti	curodd o/e/hi	curon ni	curoch chi	curon nhw
imperative	—	cura	—	—	curwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Derived terms

• curfa (“beating, thrashing”, noun)
• curiad (“beat”, noun)

Mutation

Mutated forms of curo

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
curo	guro	nghuro	churo

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.