cura

Meaning

curar

  1. (also, ambitransitive, archaic, pronominal) to care, heed, study, strive, seek, work
  2. (also, ambitransitive, pronominal) to cure, heal (body, soul, mind, heart); nurse, treat, dress (a wound)
  3. to remedy (an evil)
  4. to clean, cleanse
  5. to prepare
  6. to cure, salt, smoke
  7. to ripen
  8. to dress, tan (animal hides)
  9. to season, dry (wood)
  10. to bleach (linen)
  11. to intoxicate, make drunk
  12. (reflexive) to get drunk
  13. to think
  14. (Mexico, colloquial, reflexive) to laugh, to burst out laughing

curo

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
cu‧ra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkuɾa/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Latin cūra (“care, concern”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed”).

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