curandera
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- noun
- /ˌkuːrənˈdɛrə/
- US
- See, Lucia was a curandera, and everyone in Weslaco respected her.
- the curandera healer
Examples
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The patients, like my friend, come to believe unwaveringly in the power of Doa Estela and curandera healing to cure what ails them.
Blog text (9) -
In curandera healing, it is typical to see an altar with tools of the trade like candles, religious symbols, and prepared concoctions.
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"I began doing this when I was 17," she told me, "when my own mother, a curandera herself, could not sleep at night."
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Did I trust the sound of the curandera's voice?
Fiction book (1993) -
Remedios, la curandera, stands at the edge of the sea.
Fiction book (1995) -
This healer, the curandera, happened to be a woman she knew by name and had been visiting for a year or so, ever since her husband had passed away.
Fiction book (1993) -
An American actress seeks help for stage fright through curandera healing—used in Latin America to heal spiritual and physical ailments.
Blog text (9) -
It might be important to tell you that Doña Estela is a curandera (a healer).
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31 Ultima, the main character of Anaya's novel, is a shamanic figure, a curandera or "white" witch who derives her power from her mastery of folk medicine and the oral traditions that have shaped the local culture.
Academic text (2002) -
Lucia learned the ways of the curandera from her grandmother, who treated the villagers with herbs and prayers.
Synonyms
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A woman who uses folk magic to heal and help people
Surface Forms
Etymology
Curandera comes from the Spanish word curar 'to heal' plus the feminine ending -era, and it shares the same root as the English word cure. A curandera is literally a woman who heals with herbs and spiritual care, so the origin explains her role as a traditional healer.