curare

• curari, urare, urari, woorari, wurali

From Cariban Mawa Cure, referring the Mawa vine, or Strychnos toxifera.

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

• Carreu, Ur-race, ur-race

Borrowed from Spanish curare.

• IPA^(key): /kyˈraː.rə/, /kuˈraː.rə/

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• Hyphenation: cu‧ra‧re

curare n (uncountable)

1. curare

From Latin cūrāre, present active infinitive of cūrō.

curare

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

• curerà

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

curare m (uncountable)

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

• IPA^(key): /kuˈɾaɾe/

curare m (plural curares)

1. curare

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.

curare n

1. curare