🇵🇹 Portuguese

curso

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

o curso

course

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curso
/u ˈkuʁsu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say curso in Portuguese?

IPA
/u ˈkuʁsu/

How do you pronounce curso in Portuguese?

curso is pronounced /u ˈkuʁsu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O curso obrigatório começou ontem e todos os alunos estão participando ativamente.

The mandatory course started yesterday and all students are participating actively.

Este curso intensivo é muito procurado porque o professor é reconhecido internacionalmente.

This intensive course is highly sought after because the teacher is recognized internationally.

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Why is it masculine?

Curso is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "cursus" (a running or course), which belonged to the second declension masculine nouns ending in -us, a gender distinction that was largely preserved when Romance languages evolved from Latin. The -o ending in Portuguese masculine nouns is a direct phonetic development from Latin masculine -us endings.

What is the Portuguese word for course?

The Portuguese word for course is o curso — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchcourslemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishcursoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italiancorsoilmasculine

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