cursiva
Spanish, noun/kuɾˈsiba/
cursiva is spelled C-U-R-S-I-V-A (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,109th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cursiva is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “italics (letters in an italic typeface)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of cursivo. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tipo de letra inclinada hacia la derecha imitando la manuscrita”.
What does cursiva mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineitalics (letters in an italic typeface)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cursivo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tipo de letra inclinada hacia la derecha imitando la manuscrita.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cursiva
- cursivas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cursiva?
- /kuɾˈsiba/
- [kuɾˈsi.β̞a]
- [kuɾˈsiβ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cursiva
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cursiva in Spanish?
cursiva appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).