curato

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian curato (“priest”). Doublet of curate.

Noun

curato (plural curatos)

1. 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

• turaco, cuatro, auctor, outcar, actour, cuarto

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈra.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: cu‧rà‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin cūrātus.

Adjective

curato (feminine curata, masculine plural curati, feminine plural curate, superlative curatissimo)

1. tended, kept (especially in combination)
2. neat, tidy, trim
3. cured
4. treated
5. edited

Participle

curato (feminine curata, masculine plural curati, feminine plural curate)

1. past participle of curare

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cūrātus.

Noun

curato m (plural curati)

1. priest
2. vicar, parson, curate

Anagrams

• crauto

Latin

Verb

cūrātō

1. 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)

1. (religion) curate (ministry, also territory)

Further reading

• “curato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• caruto
• cuarto
• cuatro
• trauco