curare

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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.

Pronunciation

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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 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

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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

Portuguese

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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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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

Further reading

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Swedish

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Noun

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curare n

  1. curare

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