currar

Latin

Verb

currar

  1. inflection of currō:
    1. first-person singular future passive indicative
    2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈʁa(ʁ)/ [kuˈha(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kuˈʁa(ɾ)/ [kuˈha(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kuˈʁa(ʁ)/ [kuˈχa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈʁa(ɻ)/ [kuˈha(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈʁaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈʁa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: cur‧rar

Verb

currar (first-person singular present curro, first-person singular preterite currei, past participle currado)

  1. (Brazil, transitive, vulgar, slang) to rape
  2. (Brazil, transitive, vulgar, slang) to fuck
  3. (Brazil, transitive, intransitive, slang) to cheat
  4. (Brazil, transitive, intransitive, slang) to steal

Conjugation

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Caló currar, cf. Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇoti, to make).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈraɾ/ [kuˈraɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cu‧rrar

Verb

currar (first-person singular present curro, first-person singular preterite curré, past participle currado)

  1. (Spain, colloquial, intransitive) to work
    Synonyms: currelar, faenar, trabajar, (Mexico) chambear; see also Thesaurus:trabajar

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ currar”, 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

Further reading