corro

See also: Corro, corró, and ćorro

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English corr(espondence)

Latin ō

Old French ohbor.

Middle English o

English O

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Middle English o

English oh

English -o

English corro

From corr(espondence) + -o.

Noun

corro (uncountable)

1. (Australia, colloquial) Written communications, especially in a business setting.
   • 1998 April 21, Dave Locke, “ATH: The Case of the Missing Life”, in alt.tv.homicide‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I enjoy the newsgroup, the mailing lists, the email corro, and yakking on ICQ with these people.

   • 2008 November 1, Sr20goer, “Parasites circling Qantas”, in aus.aviation‎^[2] (Usenet):

     As an aside, has anyone seen or heard from SAM? I want to get him some corro.

   • 2011 November 3, Policy Documents 1 to 17‎^[3], archived from the original on 26 July 2023:

     Hi Adrian, Some more corro around this matter. Can you advise when we'll get a brief?

   • 2014 May 21, “Yarra Trams Drivers - Apps close today!”, in Whirlpool: Forums‎^[4], archived from the original on 16 December 2025:

     Last corro was they were finalising May and June intakes and to send police check through (emailed this to them last week).

   • 2020 July 20, Work Instruction: Allocation of incoming correspondence and Mail handling‎^[5], archived from the original on 24 November 2022:

     Scan and email corro to the Director of Legal (ATO and ACNC email addresses) and then hand them the hard copy.

   • 2024 August 12, Released by DCCEEW under the FOI Act 1982‎^[6]:

     I have read over the associated email corro and referral docs.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈku.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈko.ro]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈko.ru]

Verb

corro

1. first-person singular present indicative of córrer

Galician

Verb

corro

1. first-person singular present indicative of correr

Italian

Verb

corro

1. first-person singular present indicative of correre

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ʁu/ [ˈko.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ʁu/ [ˈko.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ʁu/ [ˈko.χu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ʁu/

• Rhymes: -oʁu
• Hyphenation: cor‧ro

Verb

corro

1. first-person singular present indicative of correr

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoro/ [ˈko.ro]
• Rhymes: -oro
• Syllabification: co‧rro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin currus (“chariot”); compare Spanish corral.

Noun

corro m (plural corros)

1. ring, circle (of people, held hand to hand)

   Synonym: (Mexico) rueda

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-

Proto-Indo-European *-éti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti

Proto-Italic *korzō

Latin currō

Spanish corro

Inherited from Latin currō (“run”).

Verb

corro

1. first-person singular present indicative of correr

Further reading

• “corro”, 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