discurso

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈkuɾso/ [d̪is̺ˈkuɾ.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -uɾso
• Hyphenation: dis‧cur‧so

Noun

discurso m (plural discursos)

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin discursus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒisˈkuʁ.su/ [d͡ʒisˈkuh.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒisˈkuʁ.su/ [d͡ʒisˈkuh.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒisˈkuɾ.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiʃˈkuʁ.su/ [d͡ʒiʃˈkuχ.su]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒisˈkuɻ.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒisˈkuʁ.so/ [d͡ʒisˈkuh.so]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diʃˈkuɾ.su/

• Hyphenation: dis‧cur‧so

Noun

discurso m (plural discursos)

1. talk; lecture; speech (session of speaking)
2. (uncountable) discourse (expression in (spoken or written) words)

Related terms

• curso
• discorrer

Etymology 2

Verb

discurso

1. first-person singular present indicative of discursar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˈkuɾso/ [d̪isˈkuɾ.so]
• Rhymes: -uɾso
• Syllabification: dis‧cur‧so

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin discursus.

Noun

discurso m (plural discursos)

1. discourse
2. speech

   Synonyms: alocución, mitin

   • 2016 March 18, Tal Kopan, “Rabinos y líderes judíos planean boicot contra Donald Trump en conferencia pro Israel”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Trump tiene programado dirigirse a la conferencia del Comité Israelí-Estadounidense de Asuntos Públicos (AIPAC, por sus siglas en inglés) el lunes por la noche, y varios grupos están organizando boicots contra el discurso. […] Salkin le confirmó a CNN que él está organizando un boicot al discurso de Trump y que ha hecho un llamado a que los rabinos simplemente estén ausentes de la sala.

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Derived terms

• discursear
• discurso directo
• discurso indirecto

Related terms

• curso
• discurrir

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

discurso

1. first-person singular present indicative of discursar

Further reading

• “discurso”, 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