decurso

Latin

Participle

dēcursō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dēcursus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēcursus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈkuʁ.su/ [deˈkuh.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈkuʁ.su/ [deˈkuh.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /deˈkuɾ.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deˈkuʁ.su/ [deˈkuχ.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈkuɻ.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈkuɾ.su/

Noun

decurso m (plural decursos)

1. course
2. duration

Related terms

• decorrer
• curso

Further reading

• “decurso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “decurso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin decursus.

Noun

decurso m (plural decursos)

1. course (of time)
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     ni por un instante daba reposo a los ojos para observar todo lo que en el decurso majestuoso de la procesión podía ocurrir.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• curso

Further reading

• “decurso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024