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curare

See also: curaré

English

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Strychnos toxifera

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Etymology

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From a Cariban language; compare Kari'na urari, Trió urari, wïrari, Akawaio urari, Pemon urari, Macushi urari, referring to various vines of genus Strychnos.

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Noun

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curare (usually uncountable, plural curares)

  1. A plant, Strychnos toxifera, formerly used in arrow poisons in South America due to its D-tubocurarine content.
  2. Other South American plants with similar toxins that were also used in arrow poisons, mostly in the family Menispermaceae.
  3. A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish curare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kyˈraː.rə/, /kuˈraː.rə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: cu‧ra‧re

Noun

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curare n (uncountable)

  1. curare

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin cūrāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kuˈra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cu‧rà‧re
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Verb

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curàre (first-person singular present cùro, first-person singular past historic curài, past participle curàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, medicine) to treat, cure (a patient, disease, etc.)
    Synonyms: medicare, fasciare, sanare, guarire
  2. (transitive) to look after
    Synonyms: badare, guardare, provvedere a, governare, seguire
    curare gli interessi di John
    to look after John's interests
  3. (transitive) to value; to take care of
    curare le amicizie ― to value friendships
  4. (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

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    Conjugation of curàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive curàre
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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Latin

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Verb

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cūrāre

  1. inflection of cūrō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: cu‧ra‧re

Noun

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curare m (uncountable)

  1. curare (a substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine)

Romanian

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Etymology

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From cura +‎ -re.

Noun

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curare f (plural curări)

  1. cleaning, purification

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative curare curarea curări curările
genitive-dative curări curării curări curărilor
vocative curare, curareo curărilor

References

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  • curare in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kuˈɾaɾe/ [kuˈɾa.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -aɾe
  • Syllabification: cu‧ra‧re

Etymology 1

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Noun

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curare m (plural curares)

  1. curare

Etymology 2

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Verb

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curare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of curar

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Swedish

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Noun

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curare n

  1. curare

Declension

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Declension of curare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite curare curares
definite curaret curarets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —
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