cura

Catalan

Noun

cura f (plural cures)

1. care
2. cure

Verb

cura

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of curar.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of curar.

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French

Verb

cura

1. third-person singular past historic of curer

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Galician

Verb

cura

1. third-person singular present indicative of curar
2. second-person singular imperative of curar

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Italian

Noun

cura f (plural cure)

1. care
2. accuracy
3. cure
4. treatment (medical)

Verb form

cura

1. third-person singular present tense of curare
2. second-person singular imperative of curare

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *koys- (“to care for, cure”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈkuː.ra/

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

cūra (genitive cūrae); f, first declension

1. Care, concern, thought; trouble, solicitude; anxiety, grief, sorrow.
   • c. 50 CE, Seneca the Younger, Phaedra, 607

     Curae leues locuntur, ingentes stupent.

     Trivial concerns talk, great ones are speechless.

2. Attention, management, administration, charge, care; command, office; guardianship.
3. Written work, writing.
4. (medicine) Medical attendance, healing.
5. (agriculture) Rearing, culture, care.
6. (rare) An attendant, guardian, observer.
7. vocative singular of cūra

cūrā

1. ablative singular of cūra

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	cūra	cūrae
genitive	cūrae	cūrārum
dative	cūrae	cūrīs
accusative	cūram	cūrās
ablative	cūrā	cūrīs
vocative	cūra	cūrae

Antonyms

• (care): incūria

Derived terms

• cūragendārius
• cūriōsus
• cūrius

• cūrō
• incūria

Descendants

• Catalan: cura
• Dutch: kuur
• English: cure
• French: cure

• Italian: cura
• Old Portuguese: cura
• Portuguese: cura
• Spanish: cura

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin cūrāre, present active infinitive of cūrō, possibly influenced by colare.

Verb

a cura (third-person singular present cură, past participle curat) 1st conj.

1. (rare) to clean
2. (regional) to clear, eliminate, deforest

Conjugation

    conjugation of cura (First conjugation)

infinitive			a cura
gerund			curând
past participle			curat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	cur	curi	cură	curăm	curați	cură
	imperfect	curam	curai	cura	curam	curați	curau
	simple perfect	curai	curași	cură	curarăm	curarăți	curară
	pluperfect	curasem	curaseși	curase	curaserăm	curaserăți	curaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să cur	să curi	să cure	să curăm	să curați	să cure
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		cură			curați
	negative		nu cura			nu curați

Synonyms

• (clean): curăța

Derived terms

• curat

Related terms

• curătură

Etymology 2

From German kurieren

Verb

a cura (third-person singular present curează, past participle curat) 1st conj.

1. (rare) to cure, treat an illness, care for

Conjugation

    conjugation of cura (First conjugation)

infinitive			a cura
gerund			curând
past participle			curat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	curez	curezi	curează	curăm	curați	curează
	imperfect	curam	curai	cura	curam	curați	curau
	simple perfect	curai	curași	cură	curarăm	curarăți	curară
	pluperfect	curasem	curaseși	curase	curaserăm	curaserăți	curaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să curez	să curezi	să cureze	să curăm	să curați	să cureze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		curează			curați
	negative		nu cura			nu curați

Synonyms

• îngriji, trata

See also

• cură

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tsûra/
• Hyphenation: cu‧ra

Noun

cȕra f (Cyrillic spelling цу̏ра)

1. girl (young woman)
2. girlfriend (in a relationship)

Declension

    declension of cura

	singular	plural
nominative	cȕra	cure
genitive	cure	cȗrā
dative	curi	curama
accusative	curu	cure
vocative	curo	cure
locative	curi	curama
instrumental	curom	curama

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin cūra (“care, concern”).

Noun

cura f (plural curas)

1. cure

Related terms

• curar v

Verb

cura (infinitive curar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of curar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of curar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of curar, it cures

Etymology 2

Latin

Noun

cura m (plural curas)

1. priest

Synonyms

• párroco m
• sacerdote m

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Turkish

Noun

cura (definite accusative curayı, plural curalar)

Cura and bağlama

1. (music) a stringed musical instrument