🇵🇹 Portuguese

cursos

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

os cursos

courses

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cursos
/us ˈkuʁsus/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cursos in Portuguese?

IPA
/us ˈkuʁsus/

How do you pronounce cursos in Portuguese?

cursos is pronounced /us ˈkuʁsus/ 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?

Cursos 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 courses?

The Portuguese word for courses is os cursos — masculine.

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