curandero

English

Etymology

From Spanish curandero.

Noun

curandero (plural curanderos or curanderoes)

1. A traditional Central American healer.
   • 1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 36:

     It was left for the curandero to work alone, to seek a solution in a stronger source, in some supernatural realm that might break a normal man.

Related terms

• curandera
• curanderismo

See also

• curandero on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish curandero.

Noun

curandero m (plural curanderos)

1. quacksalver, shaman, witch doctor
2. curandero

Further reading

• “curandero” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuɾanˈdeɾo/ [ku.ɾãn̪ˈd̪e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: cu‧ran‧de‧ro

Noun

curandero m (plural curanderos, feminine curandera, feminine plural curanderas)

1. shaman, witch doctor
2. quack: one who practices medicine without authority
3. healer

Further reading

• “curandero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014