cursa
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
cursa f (plural curses)
- 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
- inflection of cursar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “cursa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “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
- inflection of cursus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
cursā
- 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
- inflection of cursar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Noun
cursa f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of cursă
Spanish
Verb
cursa
- inflection of cursar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative