cursinho
Portuguese, noun/kuʁˈsĩ.ɲu/
cursinho is spelled C-U-R-S-I-N-H-O (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,592nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cursinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cram school (specialised school that trains students to meet particular goals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of curso. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “curso preparatório para vestibular ou prova”.
What does cursinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of curso
- 2
Brazilmasculinecram school (specialised school that trains students to meet particular goals)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. curso preparatório para vestibular ou prova
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cursinho
- cursinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cursinho?
- Brazil /kuʁˈsĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [kuhˈsĩ.j̃u]
- /kuɾˈsĩ.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cursinho in Portuguese?
cursinho appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).