English

Strychnos toxifera

Alternative forms

• curari, urare, urari, woorari

Noun

curare ‎(uncountable)

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.

Related terms

• curariform
• curarisation, curarization

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cūrāre, present active infinitive of cūrō.

Verb

curare

1. (transitive) to treat or cure (a disease)
2. (transitive) to look after
3. (transitive) to edit

Related terms

• cura
• curante
• curarsi
• curatela
• curativo
• curato
• curatore

Conjugation

Anagrams

• curerà

Latin

Verb

cūrāre

1. present active infinitive of cūrō
2. second-person singular present passive imperative of cūrō
3. second-person singular present passive indicative of cūrō

Portuguese

Noun

curare m (uncountable)

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

Spanish

Noun

curare m ‎(plural curares)

1. curare

Verb

curare

1. First-person singular (yo) future subjunctive form of curar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) future subjunctive form of curar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) future subjunctive form of curar.

Swedish

Noun

curare n

1. curare

Declension