correr.
to run (to move quickly on one’s feet)
Meaning & usage
to run (to move quickly on one’s feet)
Tive que correr para chegar a tempo.
to run away; to flee
Tive que correr do país para sobreviver.
to speed (to drive too fast)
Ele morreu porque gostava de correr.
to rush; to hurry (to do something hastily)
Se não correres, não conseguirás terminar o projeto.
to flow (to move in liquid form)
Fiquei observando as gotas correndo na janela.
to run (in the family) (to be a characteristic feature of)
A idiotice corre na família do João.
to elapse; to pass quickly
As horas correm.
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.
to draw; to slide over a rod or trail
Corra as cortinas.
to slide (an object)
Corra a mão sobre o granito para ver que liso que é.
to slide
Uma forca bem feita precisa correr bem.
to run (a risk or danger)
Corremos o risco de morrer.
to participate, to race
Quero correr a maratona de Londres.
to tour (to make a circuit of a place)
Ele correu a Europa inteira.
to go (to proceed in a specified manner)
Tudo correu bem.
to chase off (to make someone or something flee)
Conseguimos correr os mendigos.
to run (a program)
to iron; press
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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