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Learn Spanish with don Quijote: Palabra del Dia

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Word: Cura
(CU-ra) Sustantivo masculino.
English: priest
Etymology: Del latín cura, cuidado, solicitud.
Meaning: 1.Sacerdote encargado, en virtud del oficio que tiene, del cuidado, instrucción y doctrina espiritual de una feligresía.
2.En lenguaje familiar, sacerdote católico.
Topic:Léxico relacionado con las profesiones
Example:

“Yo supe que era un cura antes de que Montoya le dijese reverendo.Era un cura y lo tenía escrito en la forma de andar, en el temblor que tenía en el cuerpo y en el olor que echaba a cura".

Antonio Soler, El nombre que ahora digo p.33 Ed. Círculo de Lectores.

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