curação

See also: curacao, Curacao, curaçao, and Curaçao

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cūrātiōnem (“cure”), from cūrō (“to cure”), from cūra (“care, cure”).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ku.ɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ku.ɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.ɾɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Noun

curação f (plural curações)

  1. cure, healing, recovery

Further reading
  • “curação” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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