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curativo

Portuguese, noun/ku.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/

curativo is spelled C-U-R-A-T-I-V-O (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,882nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curativo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bandage, medicine or cataplasm placed on a wound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou meio de curar”.

What does curativo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    curative (having the ability to cure)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebandage, medicine or cataplasm placed on a wound

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. diz-se daquilo que cura

noun: 1. ato ou meio de curar 2. penso

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.

Forms of curativo

  • curativa feminine
  • curativos masculine plural
  • curativas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce curativo?

  • Brazil /ku.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • Portugal /ku.ɾɐˈti.vu/
  • Portugal /ku.ɾɐˈti.bu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to curativo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is curativo in Portuguese?

curativo appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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