To run in Spanish 🇪🇸

Memorization tip

Correr comes from the same Latin root as current (and courier). Current is electricity through the wires. A courier sometimes to deliver a package.

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Pronunciation

normal speech: ko-RER

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correr info.

Tips to remember “correr”:
– Associate the word with its action by visualizing someone running whenever you hear or see the word “correr.”
– Think of similar-sounding English words like “career,” as in to move swiftly or to run, as though you’re “careering” down a path.
– Use it in sentences related to common running scenarios, such as exercising or being in a hurry (e.g., “Tengo que correr para alcanzar el autobús” – “I have to run to catch the bus”).

Explanations:
– “Correr” is a regular verb in Spanish and follows standard conjugation patterns for -er verbs.
– It is an infinitive verb, which means to run or to race.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Trotar: to jog or trot
– Sprintar: to sprint (although it’s less commonly used and “hacer un sprint” is more typical)

Conjugations:
– Present indicative: yo corro, tú corres, él/ella corre, nosotros corremos, vosotros corréis, ellos/ellas corren
– Preterite (simple past): yo corrí, tú corriste, él/ella corrió, nosotros corrimos, vosotros corristeis, ellos/ellas corrieron
– Imperfect past: yo corría, tú corrías, él/ella corría, nosotros corríamos, vosotros corríais, ellos/ellas corrían
– Future: yo correré, tú correrás, él/ella correrá, nosotros correremos, vosotros correréis, ellos/ellas correrán
– Conditional: yo correría, tú correrías, él/ella correría, nosotros correríamos, vosotros correríais, ellos/ellas correrían
– Present subjunctive: que yo corra, que tú corras, que él/ella corra, que nosotros corramos, que vosotros corráis, que ellos/ellas corran

Examples of sentences using “correr”:
– “Me gusta correr en el parque todas las mañanas.” (I like to run in the park every morning.)
– “Si corremos ahora, llegaremos a tiempo.” (If we run now, we’ll arrive on time.)
– “Ellos siempre corren más rápido que yo.” (They always run faster than I do.)
– “Mis amigos y yo corrimos en la carrera de 5 km ayer.” (My friends and I ran in the 5 km race yesterday.)
– “Si no hubiera llovido, habríamos corrido en la playa.” (If it hadn’t rained, we would have run on the beach.)

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