currículo

See also: curriculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin curriculum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁi.ku.lu/ [kuˈhi.ku.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁi.ku.lu/ [kuˈhi.ku.lu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁi.ku.lu/ [kuˈχi.ku.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁi.ku.lo/ [kuˈhi.ku.lo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʁi.ku.lu/

• Rhymes: -ikulu
• Hyphenation: cur‧rí‧cu‧lo

Noun

currículo m (plural currículos)

1. curriculum vitae, résumé (written account of one’s education, accomplishments, etc.)

   Synonym: curriculum vitae

2. curriculum (coursework of a school or university)

Further reading

• “currículo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “currículo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curriculum. Compare carrejo, possibly an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈrikulo/ [kuˈri.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -ikulo
• Syllabification: cu‧rrí‧cu‧lo

Noun

currículo m (plural currículos)

1. curriculum (set of courses and content offered by an educational institution)
2. CV; résumé; curriculum vitae (written account of one's education, accomplishments etc.)

   Synonyms: currículum, curriculum vitae, hoja de vida, (proscribed) currícula

Usage notes

• A false friend of English curriculum when used in the sense of "résumé", which cannot be used with that sense in English except as part of the full, formal term curriculum vitae.

Further reading

• “currículo”, 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