curar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cūrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kuˈɾaɾ]

Verb

curar (first-person singular present curo, first-person singular preterite curí, past participle curat)

1. to take care of
2. (modern) to cure, heal

Conjugation

    Conjugation of curar (first conjugation)

infinitive			curar
gerund			curant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		curat		curada
		plural		curats		curades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	curo	cures	cura	curem	cureu	curen
	imperfect	curava	curaves	curava	curàvem	curàveu	curaven
	future	curaré	curaràs	curarà	curarem	curareu	curaran
	preterite	curí	curares	curà	curàrem	curàreu	curaren
	conditional	curaria	curaries	curaria	curaríem	curaríeu	curarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	curi	curis	curi	curem	cureu	curin
	imperfect	curés	curessis	curés	curéssim	curéssiu	curessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cura	curi	curem	cureu	curin
	negative (no)	—	no curis	no curi	no curem	no cureu	no curin

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, 2024
• “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, present active infinitive of cūrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈɾaɾ/

Verb

curar (first-person singular present curo, first-person singular preterite curei, past participle curado)

1. (archaic) to heed, care

   Synonym: coidar

2. to cure, heal

   Synonym: sandar

3. to cure, preserve

   Synonyms: preservar, secar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of curar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	curar
Personal	curar	curares	curar	curarmos	curardes	curaren
Gerund
	curando
Past participle
Masculine	curado			curados
Feminine	curada			curadas
Indicative
Present	curo	curas	cura	curamos	curades	curan
Imperfect	curaba	curabas	curaba	curabamos	curabades	curaban
Preterite	curei	curaches	curou	curamos	curastes	curaron
Pluperfect	curara	curaras	curara	curaramos	curarades	curaran
Future	curarei	curarás	curará	curaremos	curaredes	curarán
Conditional	curaría	curarías	curaría	curariamos	curariades	curarían
Subjunctive
Present	cure	cures	cure	curemos	curedes	curen
Imperfect	curase	curases	curase	curásemos	curásedes	curasen
Future	curar	curares	curar	curarmos	curardes	curaren
Imperative
Affirmative		cura	cure	curemos	curade	curen
Negative (non)		non cures	non cure	non curemos	non curedes	non curen

    Reintegrated conjugation of curar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	curar
Personal	curar	curares	curar	curarmos	curardes	curarem
Gerund
	curando
Past participle
Masculine	curado			curados
Feminine	curada			curadas
Indicative
Present	curo	curas	cura	curamos	curades, curais	curam
Imperfect	curava	curavas	curava	curávamos	curávades, curáveis, curávais1	curavam
Preterite	curei	curaste, curache1	curou	curamos	curastes	curárom, curaram
Pluperfect	curara	curaras	curara	curáramos	curárades, curáreis, curárais1	curaram
Future	curarei	curarás	curará	curaremos	curaredes, curareis	curarám, curarão
Conditional	curaria	curarias	curaria	curaríamos	curaríades, curaríeis, curaríais1	curariam
Subjunctive
Present	cure	cures	cure	curemos	curedes, cureis	curem
Imperfect	curasse	curasses	curasse	curássemos	curássedes, curásseis	curassem
Future	curar	curares	curar	curarmos	curardes	curarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cura	cure	curemos	curade, curai	curem
Negative (nom)		nom cures	nom cure	nom curemos	nom curedes, nom cureis	nom curem

¹Less 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, since 2012
• 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^(key): /kuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [kuˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [kuˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [kuˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈɾa.ɾi/

Verb

curar (first-person singular present curo, first-person singular preterite curei, past participle curado)

1. (transitive) to cure; to heal (restore to health)

   Synonym: sanar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of curar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	curar
Personal	curar	curares	curar	curarmos	curardes	curarem
Gerund
	curando
Past participle
Masculine	curado			curados
Feminine	curada			curadas
Indicative
Present	curo	curas	cura	curamos	curais	curam
Imperfect	curava	curavas	curava	curávamos	curáveis	curavam
Preterite	curei	curaste	curou	curamos1, curámos2	curastes	curaram
Pluperfect	curara	curaras	curara	curáramos	curáreis	curaram
Future	curarei	curarás	curará	curaremos	curareis	curarão
Conditional	curaria	curarias	curaria	curaríamos	curaríeis	curariam
Subjunctive
Present	cure	cures	cure	curemos	cureis	curem
Imperfect	curasse	curasses	curasse	curássemos	curásseis	curassem
Future	curar	curares	curar	curarmos	curardes	curarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cura	cure	curemos	curai	curem
Negative (não)		não cures	não cure	não curemos	não cureis	não curem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• cura
• curandeiro
• curável

 

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cūrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈɾaɾ/ [kuˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cu‧rar

Verb

curar (first-person singular present curo, first-person singular preterite curé, past participle curado)

1. (archaic, transitive, intransitive, also takes a reflexive pronoun) 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.

2. (transitive, intransitive, also takes a reflexive pronoun) 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.

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, Southern Cone) to get drunk
13. to think
14. (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

    Conjugation of curar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			curar
gerund			curando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		curado		curada
		plural		curados		curadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	curo	curastú curásvos	cura	curamos	curáis	curan
	imperfect	curaba	curabas	curaba	curábamos	curabais	curaban
	preterite	curé	curaste	curó	curamos	curasteis	curaron
	future	curaré	curarás	curará	curaremos	curaréis	curarán
	conditional	curaría	curarías	curaría	curaríamos	curaríais	curarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cure	curestú curésvos2	cure	curemos	curéis	curen
	imperfect (ra)	curara	curaras	curara	curáramos	curarais	curaran
	imperfect (se)	curase	curases	curase	curásemos	curaseis	curasen
	future1	curare	curares	curare	curáremos	curareis	curaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		curatú curávos	cure	curemos	curad	curen
	negative		no cures	no cure	no curemos	no curéis	no curen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of curar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive curar
	dative	curarme	curarte	curarle, curarse	curarnos	curaros	curarles, curarse
	accusative	curarme	curarte	curarlo, curarla, curarse	curarnos	curaros	curarlos, curarlas, curarse
with gerund curando
	dative	curándome	curándote	curándole, curándose	curándonos	curándoos	curándoles, curándose
	accusative	curándome	curándote	curándolo, curándola, curándose	curándonos	curándoos	curándolos, curándolas, curándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cura
	dative	cúrame	cúrate	cúrale	cúranos	not used	cúrales
	accusative	cúrame	cúrate	cúralo, cúrala	cúranos	not used	cúralos, cúralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative curá
	dative	curame	curate	curale	curanos	not used	curales
	accusative	curame	curate	curalo, curala	curanos	not used	curalos, curalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cure
	dative	cúreme	not used	cúrele, cúrese	cúrenos	not used	cúreles
	accusative	cúreme	not used	cúrelo, cúrela, cúrese	cúrenos	not used	cúrelos, cúrelas
with first-person plural imperative curemos
	dative	not used	curémoste	curémosle	curémonos	curémoos	curémosles
	accusative	not used	curémoste	curémoslo, curémosla	curémonos	curémoos	curémoslos, curémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative curad
	dative	curadme	not used	curadle	curadnos	curaos	curadles
	accusative	curadme	not used	curadlo, curadla	curadnos	curaos	curadlos, curadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative curen
	dative	cúrenme	not used	cúrenle	cúrennos	not used	cúrenles, cúrense
	accusative	cúrenme	not used	cúrenlo, cúrenla	cúrennos	not used	cúrenlos, cúrenlas, cúrense

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin cūrāre, present active infinitive of cūrō. Compare Italian curare.

Verb

curar

1. (transitive, medicine) to cure (a disease, etc.)
2. (transitive) to clean

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of curar (first conjugation)

infinitive	curar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		curando
past participle		curà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	curo	(te) curi	(el/ła) cura	curémo, curòn	curé	(i/łe) cura
imperfect	curava	(te) curavi	(el/ła) curava	curàvimo	curavi	(i/łe) curava
future	curarò	(te) curarè	(el/ła) curarà	curarémo	curarè	(i/łe) curarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	curarìa	(te) curarisi	(el/ła) curarìa	curarìsimo	curarisi	(i/łe) curarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	cure, cura	(te) curi	(el/ła) cure, (el/ła) cura	curémo, curone	curé	(i/łe) cure, (i/łe) cura
imperfect	curase	(te) curasi	(el/ła) curase	curàsimo	curasi	(i/łe) curase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) cura	(el/ła) cura, (el/ła) cure	curémo	curé	(i/łe) cura, (i/łe) cure