cursa

See also: cursá, cúrsa, cursă, and Cursa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkur.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkuɾ.sa]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French course.

Noun

cursa f (plural curses)

1. race (a contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective)
   • 2025 February 7, Daron Acemoglu, “Un moment Sputnik per a la IA?”, in Ara‎^[1]:

     […] , alguns van parlar d'un "moment Sputnik" en la cursa sinoamericana per la supremacia en intel·ligència artificial.

     […] , some spoke of a "Sputnik moment" in the Sino-American race for supremacy in artificial intelligence.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cursa

1. inflection of cursar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cursa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cursa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “cursa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cursa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Participle

cursa

1. inflection of cursus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

cursā

1. ablative feminine singular of cursus

References

• "cursa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

cursa

1. inflection of cursar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Noun

cursa f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of cursă

Spanish

Verb

cursa

1. inflection of cursar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative