curso

See also: cursó

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Learned borrowing 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

• 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-der.

Proto-Italic *korzō

Latin currō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin curso

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 here and there

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cursō (first conjugation, impersonal in the 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		—		—		—
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cursā		—		—		cursāte		—
	future	—		cursātō		cursātō		—		cursātōte		cursantō
passive	future	—		—		cursātor		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cursāre			cursārī			cursāns			—
future		cursātūrum esse			cursātum īrī			cursātūrus			cursandum
perfect		cursāvisse			cursātum esse			—			cursātum
future perfect		—			cursātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cursātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɻ.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkuʁ.so/ [ˈkuh.so]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾ.su/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• 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)

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

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

1. vocative singular of cursă

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾso/ [ˈkuɾ.so]

• Audio (Latin America pronounced sample):

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• 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

   Synonym: diarrea

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025