cursor
Portuguese, noun/kuʁˈsoʁ/
cursor is spelled C-U-R-S-O-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cursor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cursor (part of scientific instruments that indicates a value or position)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ícone indicador virtual movimentado pelo mouse ou teclado na tela de um computador”.
What does cursor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecursor (part of scientific instruments that indicates a value or position)
- 2
masculinecursor (icon representing the position of a pointing device)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ícone indicador virtual movimentado pelo mouse ou teclado na tela de um computador
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 cursor
- cursores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cursor?
- Brazil /kuʁˈsoʁ/
- Brazil [kuhˈsoh]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cursor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cursor in Portuguese?
cursor appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).