curso

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See also: cursó

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

curso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cursar

Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

curso m (plural cursos)

  1. course (period of learning)
  2. course (path, route)

References

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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 hither and thither
Conjugation
Derived terms

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

 

  • 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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

curso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cursar

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

curso f

  1. vocative singular of cursă

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuɾso/
  • Audio (Latin America pronounced sample):(file)
  • 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 intensivoa crash course
  3. course (path, sequence, development, or evolution)
  4. (colloquial, Mexico, Central America) diarrhea
    Synonym: diarrea
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

curso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cursar

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