curso

See also: cursó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈkur.su]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈkur.so]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈkuɾ.so]

Verb

curso

1. first-person singular present indicative of cursar

Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuɾsʊ]

Noun

curso m (plural cursos)

1. (anatomy) rectum

   Synonym: recto

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin cursus (“course, act of running”), from currō (“I run”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuɾsʊ]

Noun

curso m (plural cursos)

1. course (period of learning)
2. course (path, route)

References

• “curso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “curso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “curso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “curso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “curso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.soː/, [ˈkʊrs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.so/, [ˈkurso]

Etymology 1

From currō (“run”) +‎ -tō.

Verb

cursō (present infinitive cursāre, perfect active cursāvī, supine cursātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive

1. to run around; to run hither and thither

Conjugation

Conjugation of cursō (first conjugation, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cursō	cursās	cursat	cursāmus	cursātis	cursant
	imperfect	cursābam	cursābās	cursābat	cursābāmus	cursābātis	cursābant
	future	cursābō	cursābis	cursābit	cursābimus	cursābitis	cursābunt
	perfect	cursāvī	cursāvistī	cursāvit	cursāvimus	cursāvistis	cursāvērunt, cursāvēre
	pluperfect	cursāveram	cursāverās	cursāverat	cursāverāmus	cursāverātis	cursāverant
	future perfect	cursāverō	cursāveris	cursāverit	cursāverimus	cursāveritis	cursāverint
passive	present	—	—	cursātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	cursābātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	cursābitur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	cursātum est	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	cursātum erat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	cursātum erit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cursem	cursēs	curset	cursēmus	cursētis	cursent
	imperfect	cursārem	cursārēs	cursāret	cursārēmus	cursārētis	cursārent
	perfect	cursāverim	cursāverīs	cursāverit	cursāverīmus	cursāverītis	cursāverint
	pluperfect	cursāvissem	cursāvissēs	cursāvisset	cursāvissēmus	cursāvissētis	cursāvissent
passive	present	—	—	cursētur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	cursārētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	cursātum sit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	cursātum esset, cursātum foret	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cursā	—	—	cursāte	—
	future	—	cursātō	cursātō	—	cursātōte	cursantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cursāre	cursāvisse	cursātūrum esse	cursārī	cursātum esse	—
participles		cursāns	—	cursātūrus	—	cursātum	cursandum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cursandī	cursandō	cursandum	cursandō	cursātum	cursātū

Derived terms

• cursitō

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

cursō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cursus

References

• “curso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• curso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkuʁ.su/ [ˈkuh.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkuʁ.su/ [ˈkuh.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾ.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkuʁ.su/ [ˈkuχ.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɻ.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾ.su/

• Hyphenation: cur‧so

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cursus (“course, act of running”), from currō (“to run”). Compare the inherited doublet corso.

Noun

curso m (plural cursos)

1. course (period of learning)
2. course (path, route)

   Synonyms: percurso, caminho, rota

3. watercourse

Related terms

• correr, cursar, cursista, cursivo, cursor, discurso, recurso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

curso

1. first-person singular present indicative of cursar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurso]

Noun

curso f

1. vocative singular of cursă

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾso/ [ˈkuɾ.so]
• Rhymes: -uɾso
• Syllabification: cur‧so

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cursus. See also coso, a doublet inherited from the same origin.

Noun

curso m (plural cursos)

1. course, trajectory, route, direction
2. class, course (learning program, as in a school)

   un curso intensivo ― a crash course

3. course (path, sequence, development, or evolution)
4. (colloquial, Mexico, Central America) diarrhea

Derived terms

• baile de fin de curso
• concurso
• cursar
• cursi
• cursillo
• cursiva
• de curso legal
• discurso
• en curso
• en el curso de
• recurso
• transcurso

 

Related terms

• correr
• cursar
• cursivo
• cursor
• discurso
• recurso

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

curso

1. first-person singular present indicative of cursar

Further reading

• “curso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014