curato

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian curato (“priest”). Doublet of curate and curé.

Noun

curato (plural curatos)

1. priest
   • 1888, Henry James, The Aspern Papers:

     Certainly even the priests respected their seclusion; I had never caught the whisk of the curato's skirt.

Anagrams

• actour, cuatro, turaco

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈra.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: cu‧rà‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin cūrātus.

Participle

curato (feminine curata, masculine plural curati, feminine plural curate)

1. past participle of curare

Adjective

curato (feminine curata, masculine plural curati, feminine plural curate, superlative curatissimo)

1. tended, kept (especially in combination)
2. neat, tidy, trim
3. cured
4. treated
5. edited

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātus.

Noun

curato m (plural curati)

1. priest
2. vicar, parson, curate

Anagrams

• crauto

Latin

Verb

cūrātō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of cūrō

Spanish

Etymology

From cura +‎ -ato (having cura the sense of priest), or borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātus, with the sense of "hability to heal souls". Doublet of the inherited curado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈɾato/ [kuˈɾa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: cu‧ra‧to

Noun

curato m (plural curatos)

1. (religion) curate (ministry, also territory)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• caruto
• cuarto
• cuatro
• trauco