recurso
Latin
Participle
recursō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of recursus
References
- “recurso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “recurso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recursus, participle of recurrere (“to return”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈkuʁ.su/ [heˈkuh.su]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁeˈkuɾ.su/ [heˈkuɾ.su]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈkuʁ.su/ [χeˈkuχ.su]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈkuɻ.so/ [heˈkuɻ.so]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈkuɾ.su/
- Hyphenation: re‧cur‧so
Noun
recurso m (plural recursos)
- option; choice; resort; means
- É o último recurso para casos extremos.
- It is the last resort for extreme cases.
- Synonyms: meio, opção
- (in the plural) resources
- Temos recursos limitados.
- We have limited resources.
- Synonym: riquezas
- (law) appeal
- Um recurso foi concedido a favor do réu.
- The defendant was granted an appeal.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:recurso.
Derived terms
- recursos humanos
Related terms
- recorrer
- recursivo
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin recursus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reˈkuɾso/ [reˈkuɾ.so]
- Rhymes: -uɾso
- Syllabification: re‧cur‧so
Noun
recurso m (plural recursos)
- resource, means
- Synonyms: medio, medios
- (law) appeal, writ
- interponer un recurso ― lodge an appeal
- la interposición de un recurso ― the lodging of an appeal
- option, choice
- Synonyms: alternativa, opción
- resort, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety)
- Synonym: refugio
- writ
Hyponyms
- recurso de amparo (“writ of amparo”)
- recurso de apelación
- recurso de casación (“appeal, appeal in cassation”)
- recurso de hábeas corpus (“writ of habeas corpus”)
- recurso de reforma
- recurso de reposición
- recurso de revisión
Derived terms
- último recurso (“last resort”)
Related terms
- recurrir
- recursión
- recursivo
- recorrer
Further reading
- “recurso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014