Cura in english
pronunciation: kjʊr part of speech: noun, verb
cura1 = healing ; cure ; curing ; healer.
Example: This article gives a brief history of the two main strands in the development of bibliotherapy, or healing through books, in the USA.Example: They concluded that 'our citizens may rationally prefer to check crime and disorder by ounces of educational prevention, than by pounds of cure in the shape of large 'lockups' and expensive suits before the law'.Example: The article is entitled 'Satellite-based monitoring of grassland curing in Victoria, Australia'.Example: Turmeric is one of nature's most powerful healers -- it has shown promise in treating cancer and arthritis.more:
» cura milagrosa = miracle cure ; miracle healing .
Example: The total concept of trying to relate the library more closely to the needs of its community is more likely to succeed and reach traditional non-users, than reliance on community information alone to perform a miracle cure. Example: It is particularly miracle healing and exorcism, however, that establishes a strong phenomenological link with traditional Indian popular religion.» cura natural = natural cure .
Example: Kenya and other African states are sitting on a fortune in the form of unexploited natural cures.cura2 = vicar ; parish priest ; priest.
Example: These figures of 'authority', the local postman, the vicar, the village postmistress and schoolmaster were fast disappearing from the rural scene.Example: The local church was packed to the rafters for the funeral of a much-loved parish priest who died last month aged 69.Example: As early as 3000 B.C., the Sumerians kept records on clay tablets; many of those records applied to the management practices of the priests in Ur.more:
» cura diocesano = diocesan priest .
Example: Recently, I heard a fellow parishioner say that diocesan priests are excluded from taking vows of poverty -- Is this true?.curar = cure ; heal ; treat.
Example: If static is a problem, it can usually be cured by the use of an anti-static mat and regular applications of anti-static sprays, both available from accessory suppliers.Example: The article is entitled 'Books can help heal! Innovative techniques of bibliotherapy'.Example: The author studies the factors which have impeded the spread of information on the use of thioctic acid to treat mushroom poisoning.more:
» con otra copa de lo mismo se te cura la resaca = a hair of the dog that bit you .
Example: In its current usage, the phrase hair of the dog that bit you (or its shortened form, hair of the dog) is an allusion to the practice of drinking some of whatever it was that put you in that state in the first place, as an antidote to its ill effects.» curar alimentos = cure + food .
Example: Rubbing food with salt or soaking it in saltwater, an early form of curing food, also helped preserve it.» curar carne = cure + meat .
Example: Saltpeter is potassium nitrate, which was indeed used for curing meat.» curarse en salud = be on the safe side .
Example: The title of the article is 'Being of the safe side' = El título del artículo es "Curarse en salud".» curar una herida = heal + a wound .
Example: Under these circumstances, physical expressions of love and concern not only enrich the soul, but go a far way in healing wounds and renewing hope.» el tiempo cura todas las heridas = time heals everything ; time heals all wounds .
Example: Living in the present simply requires practice -- one thing that can help is to remind yourself that time heals everything. Example: Time heals all wounds, unless you pick at them.» el tiempo lo cura todo = time heals everything ; time heals all wounds .
Example: Living in the present simply requires practice -- one thing that can help is to remind yourself that time heals everything. Example: Time heals all wounds, unless you pick at them.» el tiempo todo lo cura = time heals everything ; time heals all wounds .
Example: Living in the present simply requires practice -- one thing that can help is to remind yourself that time heals everything. Example: Time heals all wounds, unless you pick at them.» lo que a uno cura a otro mata = one man's meat is another man's poison .
Example: If the old saying 'one man's meat is another man's poison' is true, certainly one man's book may be another man's boredom.» más vale prevenir que curar = a stitch in time saves nine ; better (to be) safe than sorry ; prevention is better than cure .
Example: It is better too, for the help to be given before the problem has grown to a crisis -- a stitch in time saves nine. Example: Common sense tells us that it is better to be safe than sorry. Example: So by taking time by the forelock, I learned that 'prevention is better than cure'.