curare
See also: curaré
English edit
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Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kjʊˈɹɑː.ɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kjʊˈɹɑ.ɹi/
Noun edit
curare (usually uncountable, plural curares)
- A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.
- Other South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the family Menispermaceae.
- A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.
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Translations edit
a substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine
References edit
- “curare”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “curare”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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curare n (uncountable)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
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Verb edit
curàre (first-person singular present cùro, first-person singular past historic curài, past participle curàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, medicine) to treat, cure (a patient, disease, etc.)
- (transitive) to look after
- (transitive) to value; to take care of
- curare le amicizie ― to value friendships
- (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 edit
Conjugation of curàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive | curàre | |||||
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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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Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
cūrāre
- inflection of cūrō:
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: cu‧ra‧re
Noun edit
curare m (uncountable)
- curare (a substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
curare f (plural curări)
Declension edit
Declension of curare
References edit
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
curare m (plural curares)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
curare
Further reading edit
- “curare”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
curare n
Declension edit
Declension of curare | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | curare | curaret | — | — |
Genitive | curares | curarets | — | — |