concorrer
See also: concórrer
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin concurro, concurrere, possibly a semi-learned borrowing. Equivalent con- + correr.
Verb
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- Template:indtr to run for (to be a candidate in an election for a given post)
- Meu pai concorreu a presidente e perdeu.
- My father ran for president and lost.
- Template:indtr to have the chance of winning a given prize
- Precisamos comprar dez bilhetes para concorrermos ao carro.
- We need to buy ten tickets in order to have the chance of winning the car.
- Template:indtr to compete with (to strive for the same thing)
- Ele concorrera com poucos candidatos.
- He had competed with few candidates.
- (obsolete, intransitive) to concur (to run together)
- A linha de frente concorreria até os derrotados.
- The front line would then concur towards the defeated.
- Template:indtr to contribute to (to be a factor in the occurrence of)
- Sua doação concorre para o fim da miséria.
- Your donation contributes to the end of misery.
- Concorremos para terminar o projeto.
- We contributed to finishing the project.
- Template:indtr to coexist in, especially in disharmony
- Duas religiões concorriam naquele país.
- Two religions coexisted in that country.
- Template:indtr to concur with; to agree with (to have the same opinion as)
- Concorro com o que disseram.
- I concur with what you said.
Conjugation
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Synonyms
- (to compete): competir
- (to contribute): contribuir
- (to coexist): coexistir
- (to agree): concordar