curare
See also: curaré
English
Etymology
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
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kjʊˈɹɑː.ɹi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kjʊˈɹɑ.ɹi/
Noun
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.
Related terms
Translations
References
- “curare”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “curare”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kyˈraː.rə/, /kuˈraː.rə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: cu‧ra‧re
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈra.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: cu‧rà‧re
Audio (file)
Verb
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
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 |
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
cūrāre
- inflection of cūrō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
Portuguese
Romanian
Declension
References
- curare in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈɾaɾe/ [kuˈɾa.ɾe]
- Rhymes: -aɾe
- Syllabification: cu‧ra‧re
Further reading
- “curare”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
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