curato
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian curato (“priest”). Doublet of curate and curé.
Noun
curato (plural curatos)
- priest
- 1888, Henry James, The Aspern Papers:
- Certainly even the priests respected their seclusion; I had never caught the whisk of the curato's skirt.
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈra.to/[1]
- Rhymes: -ato
- Hyphenation: cu‧rà‧to
Etymology 1
Adjective
curato (feminine curata, masculine plural curati, feminine plural curate, superlative curatissimo)
Participle
curato (feminine curata, masculine plural curati, feminine plural curate)
- past participle of curare
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātus.
Noun
curato m (plural curati)
References
- ^ curato in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
cūrātō
- second/third-person singular future active imperative of cūrō
Spanish
Etymology
From cura + -ato (having cura the sense of priest), or borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātus, with the sense of "hability to heal souls". Doublet of the inherited curado.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈɾato/ [kuˈɾa.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: cu‧ra‧to
Noun
curato m (plural curatos)
Further reading
- “curato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024