corredor

See also: Corredor

Catalan

Etymology

From córrer +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ku.rəˈðu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.rəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.rəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.reˈðoɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ko.reˈðo]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -o(ɾ)

Noun

corredor m (plural corredors)

1. corridor

Noun

corredor m (plural corredors, feminine corredora, feminine plural corredores)

1. runner, sprinter

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti

Proto-Italic *korsō

Latin currere

Old Galician-Portuguese correr

Galician correr

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tōrem

Old Galician-Portuguese -dor

Galician -dor

Galician corredor

From correr + -dor.

Noun

corredor m (plural corredores)

1. aisle, corridor

Noun

corredor m (plural corredores, feminine corredora, feminine plural corredoras)

1. runner (person who runs)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese correr

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tōrem

Old Galician-Portuguese -dor

Portuguese -dor

Portuguese corredor

From correr + -dor.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oɾ

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁeˈdoʁ/ [ko.heˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁeˈdoʁ/ [ko.heˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁeˈdoɾ/ [ko.heˈdoɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁeˈdoʁ/ [ko.χeˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ko.ʁeˈdoɻ/ [ko.heˈdoɻ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ʁɨˈdoɾ/ [ku.ʁɨˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ʁɨˈdoɾ/ [ku.ʁɨˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ʁɨˈdo.ɾi/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: cor‧re‧dor

Adjective

corredor (feminine corredora, masculine plural corredores, feminine plural corredoras)

1. running

Noun

corredor m (plural corredores, feminine corredora, feminine plural corredoras)

1. runner, jogger

   Eu sou corredor. ― I'm a runner.

Noun

corredor m (plural corredores)

1. corridor, gallery, aisle

   Desobstruam o corredor! ― Clear the corridor!

Further reading

• “corredor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “corredor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oɾ

• IPA^(key): /koreˈdoɾ/ [ko.reˈð̞oɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: co‧rre‧dor

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti

Proto-Italic *korsō

Latin currere

Old Spanish correr

Spanish correr

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish corredor

From correr + -dor. Compare Catalan and Portuguese corredor, Italian corridoio. Compare also Vulgar Latin *curritōrius and *curritor, from currō.

Noun

corredor m (plural corredores)

1. corridor, hall

   Synonym: pasillo

2. pass, passageway

Derived terms

• corredor de la muerte
• corredor humanitario

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti

Proto-Italic *korsō

Latin currere

Old Spanish correr

Spanish correr

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Spanish -dor

Spanish corredor

From correr + -dor.

Adjective

corredor (feminine corredora, masculine plural corredores, feminine plural corredoras)

1. running
2. (relational) ratite

Noun

corredor m (plural corredores, feminine corredora, feminine plural corredoras)

1. runner
2. broker
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 281:

     Los comerciantes lo [este talismán] colocan bajo el umbral o sobre el dintel de la puenta de su tienda; los faltes (buhoneros), pacotilleros, zurupetos y demás mercachifles y corredores ambulantes y trashumantes, lo llevan en el bolsillo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• corredor de bolsa
• corredor de fondo
• corredor de seguro
• corredor de seguros
• corredor sahariano
• sapo corredor

Further reading

• “corredor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025