curato
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian curato (“priest”). Doublet of curate and curé.
Noun edit
curato (plural curatos)
- 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 edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Participle edit
curato (feminine curata, masculine plural curati, feminine plural curate)
- past participle of curare
Adjective edit
curato (feminine curata, masculine plural curati, feminine plural curate, superlative curatissimo)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātus.
Noun edit
curato m (plural curati)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
cūrātō
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
curato m (plural curatos)
Further reading edit
- “curato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014