correr

From Latin currere.

• IPA^(key): /koˈre(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: co‧rrer
• Rhymes: -e(ɾ)

correr

1. to run

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “correr”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

From Latin currere.

• IPA^(key): /koˈreɾ/ [koˈreɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: co‧rrer

correr

1. (intransitive) to run (to move quickly on two feet)
2. to escape, run away

   Synonyms: afuxir, escapar, esmanchar, esmantelar

   Él taba corriendo d'ella

   He was running away from her

3. (transitive) to chase away, make flee

   Synonyms: escorrer, escorrentar, estordigar

   Corrióronlos de la casa en pescanciando lo que facíen

   They made them flee the moment they noticed what they were doing

4. to be rumored

   Cuerre per ehí que nun vos vais quedar equí

   It is rumored that you are not staying here

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese correr, from Latin currere.

• IPA^(key): /koˈreɾ/ [koˈreɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: co‧rrer

correr (first-person singular present corro, first-person singular preterite corrín, past participle corrido)
correr (first-person singular present corro, first-person singular preterite corrim or corri, past participle corrido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to run (on foot)
2. (intransitive) to flow, run
   • 19th century, folk song:

     Funme deitar á durmir
     ó son d'a auga que corre
     e a auga foime dicindo:
     «quen ten amores non dorme».

     I lay down to sleep
     hearing the running water,
     and the water told me:
     “he who is in love shall not sleep”

3. (intransitive) to hasten

   Synonym: bulir

4. (intransitive) to circulate

   Synonym: circular

5. (transitive) to chase, chase away; to overrun

   Synonym: expulsar

• corrente

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “correr”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “correr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “correr”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “correr”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “correr”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Latin currere (“to run”), from Proto-Italic *korzō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

• Rhymes: -eɾ

correr

1. (intransitive) to run
2. (intransitive) to develop
3. (transitive) to attack

• Fala: correl
• Galician: correr
• Portuguese: correr (see there for further descendants)

• Universo Cantigas - "correr"

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese correr, from Latin currere (“to run”), from Proto-Italic *korzō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: cor‧rer

correr (first-person singular present corro, first-person singular preterite corri, past participle corrido)

1. (intransitive) to run (to move quickly on one’s feet)

   Tive que correr para chegar a tempo. ― I had to run to arrive in time.

2. (intransitive) to run away; to flee [with de ‘from’]

   Tive que correr do país para sobreviver. ― I had to run away from the country in order to survive.

3. (intransitive, of automobiles or drivers) to speed (to drive too fast)

   Ele morreu porque gostava de correr. ― He died because he liked to speed.

4. (intransitive) to rush; to hurry (to do something hastily)

   Se não correres, não conseguirás terminar o projeto. ― Unless you hurry up, you won’t manage to finish the project.

5. (intransitive) to flow (to move in liquid form)

   Fiquei observando as gotas correndo na janela. ― I was observing the drops flowing on the window.

   • 1914, Alberto Caeiro, O Tejo é mais belo que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia:

     O Tejo é mais bello que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia

     The Tagus is more beautiful than the river that flows through my village

6. (intransitive, by extension) to run (in the family) (to be a characteristic feature of) [with em ‘in one's family’]

   A idiotice corre na família do João. ― Stupidity runs in John’s family.

7. (intransitive, of time) to elapse; to pass quickly

   As horas correm. ― The hours elapse.

8. to be passed around; to spread (of a rumour/rumor) [with que (+ clause) ‘that ...’]

   Corre o boato que eu estou prestes a morrer. ― The rumour/rumor that I am about to die is running around.

   Corre que eu estou prestes a morrer. ― [Rumour/rumor] has it that I am about to die.

9. (transitive or intransitive) to draw; to slide over a rod or trail

   Corra as cortinas. ― Draw the curtains.

10. (transitive) to slide (an object) [with em or sobre or por ‘over something’]

    Corra a mão sobre o granito para ver que liso que é. ― Slide your hand over the granite to see how smooth it is.

11. (intransitive, of a rope or knot) to slide

    Uma forca bem feita precisa correr bem. ― A well-made noose needs to slide properly.

12. (transitive) to run (a risk or danger)

    Corremos o risco de morrer. ― We run the risk of dying.

13. (transitive or intransitive) to participate, to race [transitive or with em ‘in a race’]

    Quero correr a maratona de Londres. ― I want to race in the London marathon.

14. (transitive) to tour (to make a circuit of a place)

    Ele correu a Europa inteira. ― He toured all of Europe.

15. (intransitive) to go (to proceed in a specified manner)

    Tudo correu bem. ― Everything went well.

16. (Brazil, transitive) to chase off (to make someone or something flee)

    Synonym: (Portugal) correr com

    Conseguimos correr os mendigos. ― We managed to chase the beggars off.

17. (Portugal, computing) to run (a program)

    Synonym: (Brazil) rodar

• “correr”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “correr”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “correr” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “correr”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “correr”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “correr”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Inherited from Latin currere (“to run”), from Proto-Italic *korzō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

• IPA^(key): /koˈreɾ/ [koˈreɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: co‧rrer

correr (first-person singular present corro, first-person singular preterite corrí, past participle corrido)

1. to run, to jog
2. to flow
3. to shoo, chase away, drive away

   Synonym: largar

4. to throw out; to fire; to expel

   Synonyms: sacar, echar, expulsar, despedir

5. (reflexive) to walk away
6. (reflexive, Chile) to cop out, to shirk

   Synonyms: zafarse, remolonear, escurrir el bulto, rehuir

7. to elapse (time)

   Synonym: pasar

8. to go around, spread (rumors)
9. to rush
10. to draw (curtains)
11. (pronominal, Spain) to have an orgasm

    Synonyms: venirse, eyacular, irse, acabar

    ¡Me corro! ― I'm cumming!

    • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter V, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 78:

      Me baja más los pantalones y me come el capullo hasta que estoy al punto de correrme otra vez.

      She pulls my pants down further and sucks my dick until I am at the point of cumming again.

12. (reflexive) to move

• carrera
• andar
• caminar

correr m (plural correres)

1. (uncountable) course, passing (of time)

   Synonyms: paso, transcurso

   con el (al) correr de los años (tiempo, reloj) ― as time goes by (literally, “with the passing of years (time, clock)”)

• “correr”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024