curar
to cure
verb koo-RAHR Rare
Origin: From Latin curare (to take care of, to cure).
Also means
to heal
Usage Note
Curar means both 'to cure' (eliminate a disease) and 'to dress/treat' a wound (curar una herida). The reflexive curarse means 'to recover' or 'to heal'. The expression curarse en salud (to take precautions in advance) is an idiomatic phrase learners encounter in formal writing.
Examples
"El médico logró curar la infección rápidamente."
Natural Translation
The doctor managed to cure the infection quickly.
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