Vorrei una cura che faccia effetto in fretta, perché domani devo lavorare.

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Breakdown of Vorrei una cura che faccia effetto in fretta, perché domani devo lavorare.

• volere: to want
• domani: tomorrow
• perché: because

Questions & Answers about Vorrei una cura che faccia effetto in fretta, perché domani devo lavorare.

Why is vorrei used instead of voglio?

Vorrei is the conditional of volere and is commonly used to sound polite, softer, and less direct.

• Vorrei una cura... = I’d like a treatment...
• Voglio una cura... = I want a treatment...

So voglio is not grammatically wrong, but it can sound more demanding. In a pharmacy or doctor’s office, vorrei is much more natural.

What does una cura mean here?

Here una cura means something like a treatment, a remedy, or a cure in a general medical sense.

It does not mean care in the emotional or caregiving sense here.

Depending on context, Italians might also say:

• una medicina = a medicine
• un farmaco = a drug/medication
• un rimedio = a remedy

Cura is a broad word, so in this sentence it means some kind of treatment that will help.

Why is there una before cura?