recurrir

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recurrere. Doublet of recorrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekuˈriɾ/ [re.kuˈriɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: re‧cu‧rrir

Verb

recurrir (first-person singular present recurro, first-person singular preterite recurrí, past participle recurrido)

1. to resort to
2. to appeal to
3. to turn to
4. to call on (to request or ask something of a person)
5. (law) to appeal

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recurrir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			recurrir
gerund			recurriendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recurrido		recurrida
		plural		recurridos		recurridas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recurro	recurrestú recurrísvos	recurre	recurrimos	recurrís	recurren
	imperfect	recurría	recurrías	recurría	recurríamos	recurríais	recurrían
	preterite	recurrí	recurriste	recurrió	recurrimos	recurristeis	recurrieron
	future	recurriré	recurrirás	recurrirá	recurriremos	recurriréis	recurrirán
	conditional	recurriría	recurrirías	recurriría	recurriríamos	recurriríais	recurrirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recurra	recurrastú recurrásvos2	recurra	recurramos	recurráis	recurran
	imperfect (ra)	recurriera	recurrieras	recurriera	recurriéramos	recurrierais	recurrieran
	imperfect (se)	recurriese	recurrieses	recurriese	recurriésemos	recurrieseis	recurriesen
	future1	recurriere	recurrieres	recurriere	recurriéremos	recurriereis	recurrieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recurretú recurrívos	recurra	recurramos	recurrid	recurran
	negative		no recurras	no recurra	no recurramos	no recurráis	no recurran

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of recurrir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive recurrir
	dative	recurrirme	recurrirte	recurrirle, recurrirse	recurrirnos	recurriros	recurrirles, recurrirse
	accusative	recurrirme	recurrirte	recurrirlo, recurrirla, recurrirse	recurrirnos	recurriros	recurrirlos, recurrirlas, recurrirse
with gerund recurriendo
	dative	recurriéndome	recurriéndote	recurriéndole, recurriéndose	recurriéndonos	recurriéndoos	recurriéndoles, recurriéndose
	accusative	recurriéndome	recurriéndote	recurriéndolo, recurriéndola, recurriéndose	recurriéndonos	recurriéndoos	recurriéndolos, recurriéndolas, recurriéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recurre
	dative	recúrreme	recúrrete	recúrrele	recúrrenos	not used	recúrreles
	accusative	recúrreme	recúrrete	recúrrelo, recúrrela	recúrrenos	not used	recúrrelos, recúrrelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recurrí
	dative	recurrime	recurrite	recurrile	recurrinos	not used	recurriles
	accusative	recurrime	recurrite	recurrilo, recurrila	recurrinos	not used	recurrilos, recurrilas
with formal second-person singular imperative recurra
	dative	recúrrame	not used	recúrrale, recúrrase	recúrranos	not used	recúrrales
	accusative	recúrrame	not used	recúrralo, recúrrala, recúrrase	recúrranos	not used	recúrralos, recúrralas
with first-person plural imperative recurramos
	dative	not used	recurrámoste	recurrámosle	recurrámonos	recurrámoos	recurrámosles
	accusative	not used	recurrámoste	recurrámoslo, recurrámosla	recurrámonos	recurrámoos	recurrámoslos, recurrámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recurrid
	dative	recurridme	not used	recurridle	recurridnos	recurríos	recurridles
	accusative	recurridme	not used	recurridlo, recurridla	recurridnos	recurríos	recurridlos, recurridlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recurran
	dative	recúrranme	not used	recúrranle	recúrrannos	not used	recúrranles, recúrranse
	accusative	recúrranme	not used	recúrranlo, recúrranla	recúrrannos	not used	recúrranlos, recúrranlas, recúrranse

Related terms

• recorrer
• recurrencia
• recurrente
• recursión
• recursivo
• recurso

 

Further reading

• “recurrir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014