🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Curar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: koo-rar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Heal/hiːl/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A terapia ajudou a curar suas feridas emocionais."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To make (someone or something) healthy or whole again.

    "After the injury, it took several weeks to heal completely."
  2. 2

    To restore to health or soundness.

    "The therapy helped to heal her emotional wounds."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'heal' originates from Old English 'hǣlan', which means 'to make whole or sound'. It is related to the Proto-Germanic *hailijan, which also means 'to make whole'. Over time, the term evolved to encompass both physical and emotional restoration.

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