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Verb

curo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of curar

Galician

Verb

curo

1. first-person singular present indicative of curar

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uro

Verb

curo

1. first-person singular present of curare

Anagrams

• cuor

Latin

Etymology

From cūra +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.roː/

Verb

cūrō ‎(present infinitive cūrāre, perfect active cūrāvī, supine cūrātum); first conjugation

1. I arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, ensure

   Romani templa deorum magna diligentia curant.

   The Romans care for the temples of the gods with great diligence.

   • Benedictus de Spinoza, Tractatus Politicus

     sedulo curavi, humanas actiones non ridere, non lugere, neque detestari, sed intelligere

     I have laboured diligently, not to mock, lament, or execrate human actions; but to understand them.

2. I heal, cure
3. I govern, command
4. I undertake, procure

Inflection

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Descendants

References

• curo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “curo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to take no thought for the future: futura non cogitare, curare
    
  • to treat as a patient (used of a doctor): aegrotum curare
    
  • to cure a patient: aegrotum sanare (not curare)
    
  • not to trouble oneself about a thing: nihil omnino curare
    
  • to keep house: rem domesticam, familiarem administrare, regere, curare
    
  • to refresh oneself, minister to one's bodily wants: corpus curare (cibo, vino, somno)
    
  • (ambiguous) anxiety troubles and torments one: cura sollicitat angitque aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) good-bye; farewell: vale or cura ut valeas
    

Portuguese

Verb

curo

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of curar

Spanish

Verb

curo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of curar.