curso
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈkur.su]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [ˈkur.so]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈkuɾ.so]
=== Verb ===
curso
first-person singular present indicative of cursar
== Chavacano ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Spanish curso (“course”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: cur‧so
=== Noun ===
curso
course
(Cotabateño, Zamboangueño) diarrhea
Synonyms: (Caviteño) caga-caga, (Ternateño) cagantia
== Galician ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Unknown.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): [ˈkuɾsʊ]
==== Noun ====
curso m (plural cursos)
(anatomy) rectum
Synonym: recto
=== Etymology 2 ===
Learned borrowing from Latin cursus (“course, act of running”), from currō (“to run”).
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): [ˈkuɾsʊ]
==== Noun ====
curso m (plural cursos)
course (period of learning)
course (path, route)
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “curso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “curso”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “curso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “curso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “curso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʊr.soː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkur.so]
=== Etymology 1 ===
From currō (“run”) + -tō.
==== Verb ====
cursō (present infinitive cursāre, perfect active cursāvī, supine cursātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive
to run around; to run here and there
===== Conjugation =====
===== Derived terms =====
cursitō
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Participle ====
cursō
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 ===
Rhymes: (Brazil) -uʁsu, (Portugal) -uɾsu
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)
course (period of learning)
course (path, route)
Synonyms: percurso, caminho, rota
watercourse
===== Related terms =====
correr, cursar, cursista, cursivo, cursor, discurso, recurso
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
curso
first-person singular present indicative of cursar
=== Further reading ===
“curso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“curso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈkurso]
=== Noun ===
curso f
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)
course, trajectory, route, direction
(education) class, course (learning program, as in a school)
un curso intensivo ― a crash course
(education, at least Spain) (US) grade, (UK) year
(colloquial, Mexico, Central America) diarrhea
Synonym: diarrea
===== Derived terms =====
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
curso
first-person singular present indicative of cursar
=== Further reading ===
“curso”, 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