cursivo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin cursīvus, from Latin cursus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuʁˈsi.vu/ [kuhˈsi.vu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kuɾˈsi.vu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kuʁˈsi.vu/ [kuχˈsi.vu]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /kuɻˈsi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kuʁˈsi.vo/ [kuhˈsi.vo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾˈsi.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾˈsi.bu/ [kuɾˈsi.βu]
Adjective
cursivo (feminine cursiva, masculine plural cursivos, feminine plural cursivas)
- (of text) handwritten (written with a pen or pencil)
- Synonym: manuscrito
- (of text) cursive (having successive letters joined together)
Related terms
Further reading
- “cursivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “cursivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin cursivus, from Latin cursus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuɾˈsibo/ [kuɾˈsi.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: cur‧si‧vo
Adjective
cursivo (feminine cursiva, masculine plural cursivos, feminine plural cursivas)
- (typography) italic
- Synonyms: itálico, bastardillo