curare

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English[edit]

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Strychnos toxifera

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Etymology[edit]

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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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish curare.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

curare n (uncountable)

  1. curare

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin cūrāre.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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 amicizieto 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.

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

cūrāre

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

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: cu‧ra‧re

Noun[edit]

curare m (uncountable)

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

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From cura +‎ -re.

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curare f (plural curări)

  1. cleaning, purification

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References[edit]

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

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

curare m (plural curares)

  1. curare

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

curare

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

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Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

curare n

  1. curare

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Declension of curare 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative curare curaret
Genitive curares curarets