correr

Portuguese

/ku.ˈʁeɾ/, /ko.ˈʁe(ʁ)/, /ko.ˈɦe(ɻ)/

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to run to move quickly on one’s feet
  • to run away from; to flee
  • (intransitive) to speed to drive too fast
  • (intransitive) to rush; to hurry to do something hastily
  • (intransitive) to flow to move in liquid form
  • to run in the family to be a characteristic feature of
  • (intransitive) to elapse; to pass quickly
  • to be passed around; to spread
  • (transitive) to draw; to slide over a rod or trail
  • to slide an object over something
  • (intransitive) to slide
  • (transitive) to run (a risk or danger)
  • to participate in a race
  • (transitive) to tour to make a circuit of a place
  • (intransitive) to go to proceed in a specified manner
  • (transitive) to chase off to make someone or something flee

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese correr inherited from Latin currere inherited from Proto-Italic *korzō derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (run, hurry).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱers-

Gloss

run, hurry

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

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