Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
La enfermera fue diariamente a curarle la herida.
English translation:
The nurse went to clean and dress/treat his wound every day
Spanish term
Peru
There's no substitute for experience.
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 3 more.
La enfermera fue diariamente a curarle la herida.
"Curar" se entiende que es sacarle la venda, limpiar la herida, aplicar una crema antiséptica, etc. y vendarsela de nuevo. ¿podrá ser "cure"? ¿y cuando ya esta "curado", o sea ya está bien, sería "healed"? Y hacer una curación sería: to make a cure??
Mi intento: The nurse went daily to cure his wound. One week later he was healed.
Gracias.
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Joseph Tein
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May 24, 2013 21:45: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
May 29, 2013 08:40: liz askew Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): Billh, patinba, Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
The nurse went to clean and dress his wound every day
http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/search/spanish-english/?q=c...
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or even just
the nurse went to treat his wound every day
United States
AUTOMOTIVE -MEDICAL -CONTRACTS -OIL&GAS
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, English, and 9 more.
... dressing changes...
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/patientinstructions/000315...
Your doctor or nurse may ask you to change your dressing at home. By placing a wet (or moist) gauze dressing on your wound and allowing it to dry, wound ...
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Dr. Jason Faulkner
3 hrs
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Thank you, Jason!
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Rebeca Sotura Nickerson
: "The nurse changed the dressing daily" or "the nurse changed the dressing on a daily basis"
6 hrs
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Thank you, RSotura!
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Emma Goldsmith
: Don't agree with this as a noun, but do agree with RSotura's suggestion
10 hrs
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Thank you, Emma!
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The nurse came daily to tend to his wound
"The nurse went to tend to his wound every day," if you prefer.
I believe wounds are "tended to," while diseases are "treated."
http://www.smith-nephew.com/south-africa/education/wound-bed... "Wounds cannot be tended to in isolation" is one example.
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Joseph Tein
: I think "treat" is OK, but I like this ... I meant to say it's a *nicer* alternative.
2 hrs
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Thanks!
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Yasser El Helw
: What I love about "tend" is that it is a general term. Great choice :-)
6 hrs
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Thank you!
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raptisi
7 hrs
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Thanks!
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MollyRose
: I agree with your explanation, too. "Tend to" is good and concise.
20 hrs
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Thank you!
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Egypt
NATIVE SPEAKER OF MEDICINE
Native in: Arabic 
, English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
to provide wound care
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Joseph Tein
: Hi Yasser ... I haven't seen you on ProZ in a very long time! Yes, I think this is another way to say this.
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Hi Joseph. You get ProZitis after a while! Take care :-)
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raptisi
2 hrs
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Thank you, Raptisi :-)
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Spain
It's all about communication!
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Catalan to Spanish, and 8 more.
The nurse went to treat his wound everyday
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/curar
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Joseph Tein
: This answer has already been suggested above (by Liz Askew). I would recommend staying away from "everyday" as an adverb ... the standard usage is "every day". "everyday" is an adjective.
5 hrs
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The nurse went to tend to the wound daily.
Reference comments
United States
Multilingual. Very careful & precise.
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Italian to English
curar
http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/curar
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=curar
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