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cursivo

Portuguese, adjective/kuʁˈsi.vu/

cursivo is spelled C-U-R-S-I-V-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese, the 205,610th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cursivo is a Portuguese adjective meaning “handwritten (written with a pen or pencil)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “escrito à mão”.

What does cursivo mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    handwritten (written with a pen or pencil)

  2. 2

    cursive (having successive letters joined together)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. escrito à mão

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 cursivo

  • cursiva feminine
  • cursivos masculine plural
  • cursivas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cursivo?

  • Brazil /kuʁˈsi.vu/
  • Brazil [kuhˈsi.vu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cursivo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cursivo in Portuguese?

cursivo appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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