curro

See also curró

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”).

Verb

present active currō, present infinitive currere, perfect active cucurrī, supine cursum.

1. (intransitive) I run.
   • 20 BCE, Horace, Epistulae, 1.11.27

     Caelum, non animum mutant, qui trans mare currunt

     They change the sky, not their souls, those who run across the sea.

2. (intransitive) I hurry, hasten, speed.
3. (intransitive) I move, travel, proceed.
4. (transitive, of a race, journey, with accusative) I run.
5. (transitive, with accusative) I travel through, traverse, run.

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	currō	curris	currit	currimus	curritis	currunt
	future	curram	currēs	curret	currēmus	currētis	current
	imperfect	currēbam	currēbās	currēbat	currēbāmus	currēbātis	currēbant
	perfect	cucurrī	cucurristī	cucurrit	cucurrimus	cucurristis	cucurrērunt
	future perfect	cucurrerō	cucurreris	cucurrerit	cucurrerimus	cucurreritis	cucurrerint
	pluperfect	cucurreram	cucurrerās	cucurrerat	cucurrerāmus	cucurrerātis	cucurrerant
passive	present	curror	curreris	curritur	currimur	curriminī	curruntur
	future	currar	currēris	currētur	currēmur	currēminī	currentur
	imperfect	currēbar	currēbāris	currēbātur	currēbāmur	currēbāminī	currēbantur
	perfect	Use cursus m, cursa f, cursum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use cursus m, cursa f, cursum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use cursus m, cursa f, cursum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	curram	currās	currat	currāmus	currātis	currant
	imperfect	currerem	currerēs	curreret	currerēmus	currerētis	currerent
	perfect	cucurrerim	cucurrerīs	cucurrerit	cucurrerīmus	cucurrerītis	cucurrerint
	pluperfect	cucurrissem	cucurrissēs	cucurrisset	cucurrissēmus	cucurrissētis	cucurrissent
passive	present	currar	currāris	currātur	currāmur	currāminī	currantur
	imperfect	currerer	currerēris	currerētur	currerēmur	currerēminī	currerentur
	perfect	Use cursus m, cursa f, cursum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use cursus m, cursa f, cursum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	curre	curritō	curritō	currere	curritor	curritor
	plural	currite	curritōte	curruntō	curriminī	—	curruntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		currere	cucurrisse	cursūrus esse	currī	cursus esse	cursum īrī
participles		currēns (currentis)	—	cursūrus-ra, -rum	—	cursus-a, -um	currendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

Derived terms

accurrō antecurrō circumcurrō concurrō cursus

dēcurrō discurrō excurrō incurrō

intercurrō occurrō percurrō praecurrō

prōcurrō recurrō succurrō trānscurrō

Descendants

Aromanian: cur Catalan: córrer Dalmatian: cuar English: courier, current French: courir, courre Italian: correre

Occitan: córrer Old French: courre, coure, corre Portuguese: correr Romanian: cure, curge Sicilian: cùrriri Spanish: correr

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Spanish

Adjective

curro m (feminine curra, masculine plural curros, feminine plural curras)

1. (colloquial) handsome, good looking

Noun

curro m (plural curros)

1. (colloquial, Spain) work

   Voy al curro — I’m going to work.

2. (Cuba, Mexico) Andalusian immigrant living in America

Verb

curro (infinitive currar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of currar.