cursillo

Spanish

Etymology

From curso (“course”) +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsiʝo/ [kuɾˈsi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsiʝo/ [kuɾˈsi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsiʎo/ [kuɾˈsi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsiʃo/ [kuɾˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kuɾˈsiʒo/ [kuɾˈsi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: cur‧si‧llo

Noun

cursillo m (plural cursillos)

1. diminutive of curso: brief course; tutorial

Further reading

• “cursillo”, 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