curso

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

curso

1. first-person singular present indicative of cursar

Unknown.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuɾsʊ]

curso m (plural cursos)

1. (anatomy) rectum

   Synonym: recto

Learned borrowing from Latin cursus (“course, act of running”), from currō (“I run”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuɾsʊ]

curso m (plural cursos)

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

• 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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʊr.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkur.so]

From currō (“run”) +‎ -tō.

cursō (present infinitive cursāre, perfect active cursāvī, supine cursātum); first conjugation, impersonal in the passive

1. to run around; to run here and there

• cursitō

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cursō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cursus

• “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.

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -uʁsu, (Portugal) -uɾsu
• Hyphenation: cur‧so

Borrowed from Latin cursus (“course, act of running”), from currō (“to run”). Compare the inherited doublet corso.

curso m (plural cursos)

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

   Synonyms: percurso, caminho, rota

3. watercourse

• correr, cursar, cursista, cursivo, cursor, discurso, recurso

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

curso

1. first-person singular present indicative of cursar

• “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

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurso]

curso f

1. vocative singular of cursă

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾso/ [ˈkuɾ.so]

• Audio (Latin America pronounced sample):

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• Rhymes: -uɾso
• Syllabification: cur‧so

Borrowed from Latin cursus. See also coso, a doublet inherited from the same origin.

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

curso

1. first-person singular present indicative of cursar

• “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