curare
Portuguese, noun/kuˈɾa.ɾi/
curare is spelled C-U-R-A-R-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curare is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “curare (a substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “veneno paralisante muito forte, extraido de várias plantas da família das Loganiáceas, usado pelos índios…”.
What does curare mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecurare (a substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. veneno paralisante muito forte, extraido de várias plantas da família das Loganiáceas, usado pelos índios sul-americanos em suas flechas 2. nome dado a vários arbustos da família das Loganiáceas e das Menispermáceas, que fornecem esse veneno 3. extrato obtido dessas plantas e usado como anestésico, analgésico e relaxante muscular
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce curare?
- Brazil /kuˈɾa.ɾi/
- Portugal /kuˈɾa.ɾɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to curare
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is curare in Portuguese?
curare appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).