incuria

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incuria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈku.rja/
• Rhymes: -urja
• Hyphenation: in‧cù‧ria

Noun

incuria f (plural incurie)

1. negligence

Related terms

• incurante

Anagrams

• cianuri, ucraini, uranici

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“un-”) +‎ cūra (“care”) +‎ -ia (abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪŋˈkuː.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iŋˈkuː.ri.a]

Noun

incūria f (genitive incūriae); first declension

1. lack of care, carelessness, negligence, neglect

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	incūria	incūriae
genitive	incūriae	incūriārum
dative	incūriae	incūriīs
accusative	incūriam	incūriās
ablative	incūriā	incūriīs
vocative	incūria	incūriae

Derived terms

• incūriōsus

References

• “incuria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “incuria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “incuria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incuria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈkuɾja/ [ĩŋˈku.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -uɾja
• Syllabification: in‧cu‧ria

Noun

incuria f (plural incurias)

1. negligence

   Synonym: negligencia

Related terms

• cura
• curar
• curatela
• curioso
• incurable
• seguro

Further reading

• “incuria”, 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