# curar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin cūrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kuˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kuˈɾaɾ]

### Verb

curar (first-person singular present curo, first-person singular preterite curí, past participle curat)
* to take care of
* (modern) to cure, heal

#### Related terms

* cura
* curació
* curador
* curatiu

### Further reading

* “curar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “curar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “curar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “curar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese curar, from Latin cūrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuˈɾaɾ/

### Verb

curar (first-person singular present curo, first-person singular preterite curei, past participle curado)
* (archaic) to heed, care
    Synonym: coidar
* to cure, heal
    Synonym: sandar
* to cure, preserve
    Synonyms: preservar, secar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### See also

* recuperar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “curar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “curar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “curar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “curar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “curar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “curar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “curar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin cūrāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [kuˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [kuˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kuˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [kuˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kuˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kuˈɾa.ɾi/

### Verb

curar (first-person singular present curo, first-person singular preterite curei, past participle curado)
* (transitive) to cure; to heal (restore to health)
    Synonym: sanar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* cura
* curandeiro
* curável

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin cūrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuˈɾaɾ/ [kuˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: cu‧rar

### Verb

curar (first-person singular present curo, first-person singular preterite curé, past participle curado)
* (archaic, transitive, intransitive, also pronominal) to care, heed, study, strive, seek, work
** (Can we date this quote?), Santillana, Obras, published 1852, page 46:Ca los que buscan façienda / non curando / de virtudes van buscando / su contienda / sin reparo nin emienda / es tal dapño / fijo guarda tal engaño / non te prenda.Forthy they who seek doings, / not caring / of virtues, go seeking / their content / with nor repair nor amend / 't is such loss / son, ward such wile / thee do not hend.
** (Can we date this quote?), Andrés Bernáldez, Historia de los Reyes Católicos D. Fernando y D.ª Isabel:no los pudieron alcanzar a causa que no curaron mucho de los seguir.they couldn't get them because they didn't care much to follow them.
** (Can we date this quote?), “act 9”, in La Celestina:Entra, no cures, que todos somos de casa.Enter, care not, that we all are at home.(literally, “Enter, care not, that we all are of home.”)
** (Can we date this quote?), Fr. L. de León, edited by P. Merino, Obras, volume 4, published 1885, page 6:Vmd. reciba en todo esto mi voluntad, que lo demás no me satisface mucho, ni curo que satisfaga a otros.Receive you in all this my willingness, as the rest doesn't satisfy me much, nor I care that it satisfy others.
* (transitive, intransitive, also pronominal) to cure, heal (body, soul, mind, heart); nurse, treat, dress (a wound)
    Synonym: sanar
** (Can we date this quote?), Libros de Caballerías, volume 11, Bailly/Bailliere, Nueva Biblioteca de Autores Españoles, published 1908, page 28:Estuvieron en la ciudad de Esbrique algunos días curándose de las heridas.They were in the city of Esbrique some days healing of the wounds.
** (Can we date this quote?), Lope de Vega, Comedias, volume 24, Rivas, page 115:Tiene Valencia un hospital famoso / adonde los frenéticos se curan / con gran limpieza y celo cuidadoso.Valencia has a famous hospital / where the frantic are cured / with great cleanness and careful zeal.
* to remedy (an evil)
* to clean, cleanse
* to prepare
* to cure, salt, smoke
* to ripen
* to dress, tan (animal hides)
* to season, dry (wood)
* to bleach (linen)
* to intoxicate, make drunk
* (reflexive, Southern Cone) to get drunk
* to think
* (colloquial, Mexico, reflexive, usually in a mocking way, used with la) to laugh, to burst out laughing
    Me caí y mi amigo se la estaba curando.I fell down and my friend was laughing at me.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* acurar
* curable
* curación
* curadero
* curadillo
* curado
* curador
* curaduría
* curalotodo
* curamiento
* curandero
* curatela
* curativa
* curativo
* curatorio
* escurar
* incurable
* procura
* procurar
* recura
* recurar
* sobrecurar

#### Related terms

* asegurar
* cura
* curalle
* curarse
* curarse en salud
* curioso
* descura
* incuria
* más vale prevenir que curar
* seguro

#### See also

* blanquear
* decolorar

### Further reading

* “curar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Latin cūrāre. Compare Italian curare.

### Verb

curar
* (transitive, medicine) to cure (a disease, etc.)
* (transitive) to clean

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.