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correr.

to run (to move quickly on one’s feet)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/koˈʁe(ʁ)/Brazil[koˈhe(h)]Brazil/koˈʁe(ɾ)/São-Paulo[koˈhe(ɾ)]São-Paulo
  1. to run (to move quickly on one’s feet)

    intransitive
    Tive que correr para chegar a tempo.
  2. to run away; to flee

    intransitive
    Tive que correr do país para sobreviver.
  3. to speed (to drive too fast)

    intransitive
    Ele morreu porque gostava de correr.
  4. to rush; to hurry (to do something hastily)

    intransitive
    Se não correres, não conseguirás terminar o projeto.
  5. to flow (to move in liquid form)

    intransitive
    Fiquei observando as gotas correndo na janela.
  6. to run (in the family) (to be a characteristic feature of)

    broadly · intransitive
    A idiotice corre na família do João.
  7. to elapse; to pass quickly

    intransitive
    As horas correm.
  8. to be passed around; to spread (of a rumour/rumor)

    Corre o boato que eu estou prestes a morrer.
    Corre que eu estou prestes a morrer.
  9. to draw; to slide over a rod or trail

    intransitive · transitive
    Corra as cortinas.
  10. to slide (an object)

    transitive
    Corra a mão sobre o granito para ver que liso que é.
  11. to slide

    intransitive
    Uma forca bem feita precisa correr bem.
  12. to run (a risk or danger)

    transitive
    Corremos o risco de morrer.
  13. to participate, to race

    intransitive · transitive
    Quero correr a maratona de Londres.
  14. to tour (to make a circuit of a place)

    transitive
    Ele correu a Europa inteira.
  15. to go (to proceed in a specified manner)

    intransitive
    Tudo correu bem.
  16. to chase off (to make someone or something flee)

    Brazil · transitive
    Conseguimos correr os mendigos.
  17. to run (a program)

    Portugal
  18. to iron; press

    Azores
Where this word comes from

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

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