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correr — to run
Full conjugation of correr in the tenses that matter for everyday speech, with pronunciation hints in the Rio (carioca) accent and example sentences the way Brazilians actually talk — not textbook European Portuguese.
How to use correr in Brazilian Portuguese
Correr is the Brazilian Portuguese verb for to run. It is a regular -er verb, so once you know the endings there are no surprises.
Three tenses do almost all the work in conversation. The presente covers the present and the near future: eu corro — I run. The pretérito perfeito is the finished past, the English simple past: eu corri — I ran. The pretérito imperfeito is for habits, background and how things used to be: eu corria — I used to run / was running.
Said the Rio way, corro sounds like KOH-hoo. The nós form corremos ends in the carioca “sh”, koh-HEH-moosh — the most recognisable sound of the Rio accent, where São Paulo says a plain s.
Presente — present tense
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | corroI run | KOH-hoo | Eu corro no parque. |
| você / ele / ela | correyou run | KOH-hee | Você corre de manhã? |
| nós | corremoswe run | koh-HEH-moosh | Nós corremos na praia. |
| vocês / eles / elas | corremyou all run | KOH-heng | Vocês correm juntos? |
Pretérito Perfeito — simple past
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | corriI ran | koh-HEE | Eu corri no parque hoje cedo. |
| você / ele / ela | correuyou ran | koh-HEH-oo | Você correu na esteira ontem? |
| nós | corremoswe ran | koh-HEH-moosh | Nós corremos cinco quilômetros. |
| vocês / eles / elas | correramyou all ran | koh-HEH-rahng | Vocês correram no final de semana? |
Pretérito Imperfeito — past habitual, “used to”
| Person | Form | Pronunciation | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| eu | corriaI used to run / was running | koh-HEE-ah | Eu corria no parque toda manhã. |
| você / ele / ela | corriayou used to run / were running | koh-HEE-ah | Você corria na escola na educação física? |
| nós | corríamoswe used to run / were running | koh-HEE-ah-moosh | Nós corríamos juntos no fim da tarde. |
| vocês / eles / elas | corriamyou all used to run / were running | koh-HEE-ahng | Vocês corriam na praia? |
More “Ações e movimentos” verbs
- trazer to bring
- colocar to put, to place
- tirar to take (photo, vacation), to take off, to remove
- deixar to leave (behind), to let
- passar to pass, to spend (time)
- parar to stop
- continuar to continue
- mudar to change, to move (house)
- sentar to sit (down)
- fugir to run away, to escape
- cair to fall
- andar to walk, to go around
- botar to put (colloquial)
- descer to go down, to get off
- partir to leave, to depart
- pôr to put, to place
- subir to go up, to climb
- virar to turn (a corner), to become