🇵🇹 Portuguese

cursor

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 cursor

cursor

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cursor
/u kuʁˈsoʁ/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cursor in Portuguese?

IPA
/u kuʁˈsoʁ/

How do you pronounce cursor in Portuguese?

cursor is pronounced /u kuʁˈsoʁ/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O cursor vermelho está se movendo rapidamente pela tela do computador.

The red cursor is moving quickly across the computer screen.

Eu perdi o cursor invisível enquanto navegava no site antigo.

I lost the invisible cursor while browsing the old website.

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Why is it masculine?

Cursor is masculine in Portuguese because it is a loanword from English/Latin that has been adopted into Portuguese with masculine gender. While it does derive from Latin "cursor" (a masculine noun meaning runner), in modern Portuguese "cursor" refers specifically to the computer mouse pointer and follows the masculine gender pattern of -or ending nouns that were inherited or borrowed into Portuguese.

What is the Portuguese word for cursor?

The Portuguese word for cursor is o cursor — masculine.

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