Definition
A variant spelling or name for curare, a South American plant poison used on hunting weapons that paralyzes muscles.
Etymology
From Tupi or other indigenous South American language roots, with various European colonial attempts at transliteration. Different regions and traders developed different spelling conventions.
Kelly Says
The word 'curara' traveled through Portuguese trading networks, while 'curare' came through Spanish routes—showing how colonial empires split up South America and their languages left different fingerprints on poison vocabulary!
Translations
ARالعربية
curara
koo-ra-ra
CACatalà
curara
koo-ra-ra
CSČeština
curara
koo-ra-ra
DEDeutsch
Curara
koo-ra-ra
ELΕλληνικά
curara
koo-ra-ra
ESEspañol
curara
koo-ra-ra
FRFrançais
curara
koo-ra-ra
HIहिन्दी
curara
koo-ra-ra
HUMagyar
curara
koo-ra-ra
IDBahasa Indonesia
curara
koo-ra-ra
ITItaliano
curara
koo-ra-ra
MSBahasa Melayu
curara
koo-ra-ra
MYမြန်မာ
curara
koo-ra-ra
NLNederlands
curara
koo-ra-ra
PLPolski
curara
koo-ra-ra
PTPortuguês
curara
koo-ra-ra
RORomână
curara
koo-ra-ra
RUРусский
curara
koo-ra-ra
SVSvenska
curara
koo-ra-ra
SWKiswahili
curara
koo-ra-ra
TEతెలుగు
curara
koo-ra-ra
TRTürkçe
curara
koo-ra-ra
UKУкраїнська
curara
koo-ra-ra
VITiếng Việt
curara
koo-ra-ra