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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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