currar

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

currar

  1. inflection of currō:
    1. first-person singular future passive indicative
    2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈʁa(ʁ)/ [kuˈha(h)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈʁaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈʁa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: cur‧rar

Verb

currar (first-person singular present curro, first-person singular preterite currei, past participle currado) (Brazil, slang, vulgar)

  1. (transitive) to gang-rape
  2. (ambitransitive) to cheat
  3. (ambitransitive) to steal

Conjugation

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Caló currar, cf. Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇoti, to make).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈraɾ/ [kuˈraɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cu‧rrar

Verb

currar (first-person singular present curro, first-person singular preterite curré, past participle currado)

  1. (intransitive, Spain, colloquial) to work
    Synonyms: currelar, faenar, trabajar, (Mexico) chambear; see also Thesaurus:trabajar

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ currar”, 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

Further reading