Hello everyone! How are you today? Are you ready to study Portuguese? In this Dica we are going to talk about a very important verb of action. This verb is related to an action that us human beings are capable of doing by nature, sometimes because we like to, other times because our body asks for it. Here we’ll learn the conjugation of the verb run in Portuguese in all the tenses with the endings highlighted for better visualization. Check it out!
Conjugation of run in Portuguese
What’s your favorite exercise to do in the morning? I enjoy running at the beach, using the ciclovia or even the calçadão if there’s not full of people. But I try not to run in the sand (it’s way harder hahaha). What about you? Are you a good runner?
The verb run in Portuguese is used very often because we have a couple expressions with it, such as “correr risco” that’s used when you’re at risk of something and “correr atrás” that means literally chasing someone or going after something like a goal or a time you lost. For this reason, the verb to run in Portuguese is common and important to remember. So if you haven’t studied this verb before, go and corra atrás the lost time.
Correr is a regular verb with termination in -ER. Notice that to conjugate this verb, you just have to pay attention to the endings that are highlighted on the chart below. Take your time analyzing the conjugation of the verb to run in Portuguese.
Indicative
| Present | Past Simple | Imperfect Past |
| Eu corro | Eu corri | Eu corria |
| Você corre | Você correu | Você corria |
| Ele/ela corre | Ele/ela correu | Ele/ela corria |
| Nós corremos | Nós corremos | Nós corríamos |
| Vocês correm | Vocês correram | Vocês corriam |
| Eles/elas correm | Eles/elas correram | Eles/elas corriam |
| Past pluperfect simple | Past pluperfect composed |
| Eu correra | Eu tinha corrido |
| Você correra | Você tinha corrido |
| Ele/ela correra | Ele/ela tinha corrido |
| Nós corrêramos | Nós tínhamos corrido |
| Vocês correram | Vocês tinham corrido |
| Eles/elas correram | Eles/elas tinham corrido |
| Simple Future | Immediate Future | Future of the past |
| Eu correrei | Eu vou correr | Eu correria |
| Você correrá | Você vai correr | Você correria |
| Ele/ela correrá | Ele/ela vai correr | Ele/ela correria |
| Nós correremos | Nós vamos correr | Nós correríamos |
| Vocês correrão | Vocês vão correr | Vocês correriam |
| Eles/elas correrão | Eles/elas vão correr | Eles/elas correriam |
Imperative
| Affirmative | Negative |
| Corra você | Não corra você |
| Corra ele/ela | Não corra ele/ela |
| Corramos nós | Não corramos nós |
| Corram vocês | Não corram vocês |
| Corram eles/elas | Não corram eles/elas |
Subjunctive
| Present | Imperfect Past | Future |
| Que eu corra | Se eu corresse | Quando eu correr |
| Que você corra | Se você corresse | Quando você correr |
| Que ele/ela corra | Se ele/ela corresse | Quando ele/ela correr |
| Que nós corramos | Se nós corrêssemos | Quando nós corrermos |
| Que vocês corram | Se vocês corressem | Quando vocês correrem |
| Que eles/elas corram | Se eles/elas corressem | Quando eles/elas correrem |
Other tenses
| Personal infinitive | Gerund | Participle |
| Para correr eu | Correndo | Corrido |
| Para correr você | ||
| Para correr ele/ela | ||
| Para corrermos nós | ||
| Para correrem vocês | ||
| Para correrem eles/elas |
Super easy, right? Now you can use this verb anytime you need to.
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