cursar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cursāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kurˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kuɾˈsaɾ]

Verb

cursar (first-person singular present curso, first-person singular preterite cursí, past participle cursat)

1. (transitive) to pass on, forward, deal with
   • 1975, Marià Manent, El vel de Maia:

     Rebo carta de George Macy: diu que ha cursat les meves cartes demanant ajut per als escriptors catalans necessitats.

     I receive a letter from George Macy: he says that he has forwarded my letters asking for help to the appropriate Catalan writers.

2. (transitive) to attend (classes), to enrol
   • 1934, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:

     Per un any que em mancava, l'oncle i la mare van decidir que el cursés a l'Institut de Reus, on durant tot un curs vaig anar a peu des de la Selva.

     For a year that I missed, my uncle and my mother decided that I would attend the Institute of Reus, where for the duration of the course I walked from La Selva.

3. (intransitive, medicine) to present [+ amb (object) = with]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cursar (first conjugation)

infinitive			cursar
gerund			cursant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cursat		cursada
		plural		cursats		cursades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	curso	curses	cursa	cursem	curseu	cursen
	imperfect	cursava	cursaves	cursava	cursàvem	cursàveu	cursaven
	future	cursaré	cursaràs	cursarà	cursarem	cursareu	cursaran
	preterite	cursí	cursares	cursà	cursàrem	cursàreu	cursaren
	conditional	cursaria	cursaries	cursaria	cursaríem	cursaríeu	cursarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cursi	cursis	cursi	cursem	curseu	cursin
	imperfect	cursés	cursessis	cursés	curséssim	curséssiu	cursessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cursa	cursi	cursem	curseu	cursin
	negative (no)	—	no cursis	no cursi	no cursem	no curseu	no cursin

Derived terms

• cursament

Related terms

• curs

Further reading

• “cursar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [kuhˈsa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [kuhˈsa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kuʁˈsa(ʁ)/ [kuχˈsa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuɻˈsa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cur‧sar

Verb

cursar (first-person singular present curso, first-person singular preterite cursei, past participle cursado)

1. to travel through
2. (chiefly Brazil) to be enrolled in a course

   Synonym: estudar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cursar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cursar
Personal	cursar	cursares	cursar	cursarmos	cursardes	cursarem
Gerund
	cursando
Past participle
Masculine	cursado			cursados
Feminine	cursada			cursadas
Indicative
Present	curso	cursas	cursa	cursamos	cursais	cursam
Imperfect	cursava	cursavas	cursava	cursávamos	cursáveis	cursavam
Preterite	cursei	cursaste	cursou	cursamos1, cursámos2	cursastes	cursaram
Pluperfect	cursara	cursaras	cursara	cursáramos	cursáreis	cursaram
Future	cursarei	cursarás	cursará	cursaremos	cursareis	cursarão
Conditional	cursaria	cursarias	cursaria	cursaríamos	cursaríeis	cursariam
Subjunctive
Present	curse	curses	curse	cursemos	curseis	cursem
Imperfect	cursasse	cursasses	cursasse	cursássemos	cursásseis	cursassem
Future	cursar	cursares	cursar	cursarmos	cursardes	cursarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cursa	curse	cursemos	cursai	cursem
Negative (não)		não curses	não curse	não cursemos	não curseis	não cursem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsaɾ/ [kuɾˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cur‧sar

Verb

cursar (first-person singular present curso, first-person singular preterite cursé, past participle cursado)

1. to attend (classes)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cursar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cursar
gerund			cursando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cursado		cursada
		plural		cursados		cursadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	curso	cursastú cursásvos	cursa	cursamos	cursáis	cursan
	imperfect	cursaba	cursabas	cursaba	cursábamos	cursabais	cursaban
	preterite	cursé	cursaste	cursó	cursamos	cursasteis	cursaron
	future	cursaré	cursarás	cursará	cursaremos	cursaréis	cursarán
	conditional	cursaría	cursarías	cursaría	cursaríamos	cursaríais	cursarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	curse	cursestú cursésvos2	curse	cursemos	curséis	cursen
	imperfect (ra)	cursara	cursaras	cursara	cursáramos	cursarais	cursaran
	imperfect (se)	cursase	cursases	cursase	cursásemos	cursaseis	cursasen
	future1	cursare	cursares	cursare	cursáremos	cursareis	cursaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cursatú cursávos	curse	cursemos	cursad	cursen
	negative		no curses	no curse	no cursemos	no curséis	no cursen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cursar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive cursar
	dative	cursarme	cursarte	cursarle, cursarse	cursarnos	cursaros	cursarles, cursarse
	accusative	cursarme	cursarte	cursarlo, cursarla, cursarse	cursarnos	cursaros	cursarlos, cursarlas, cursarse
with gerund cursando
	dative	cursándome	cursándote	cursándole, cursándose	cursándonos	cursándoos	cursándoles, cursándose
	accusative	cursándome	cursándote	cursándolo, cursándola, cursándose	cursándonos	cursándoos	cursándolos, cursándolas, cursándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cursa
	dative	cúrsame	cúrsate	cúrsale	cúrsanos	not used	cúrsales
	accusative	cúrsame	cúrsate	cúrsalo, cúrsala	cúrsanos	not used	cúrsalos, cúrsalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cursá
	dative	cursame	cursate	cursale	cursanos	not used	cursales
	accusative	cursame	cursate	cursalo, cursala	cursanos	not used	cursalos, cursalas
with formal second-person singular imperative curse
	dative	cúrseme	not used	cúrsele, cúrsese	cúrsenos	not used	cúrseles
	accusative	cúrseme	not used	cúrselo, cúrsela, cúrsese	cúrsenos	not used	cúrselos, cúrselas
with first-person plural imperative cursemos
	dative	not used	cursémoste	cursémosle	cursémonos	cursémoos	cursémosles
	accusative	not used	cursémoste	cursémoslo, cursémosla	cursémonos	cursémoos	cursémoslos, cursémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cursad
	dative	cursadme	not used	cursadle	cursadnos	cursaos	cursadles
	accusative	cursadme	not used	cursadlo, cursadla	cursadnos	cursaos	cursadlos, cursadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cursen
	dative	cúrsenme	not used	cúrsenle	cúrsennos	not used	cúrsenles, cúrsense
	accusative	cúrsenme	not used	cúrsenlo, cúrsenla	cúrsennos	not used	cúrsenlos, cúrsenlas, cúrsense

Further reading

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