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"to run" in seven languages

Meaningto run

Spanish

correr

/koˈreɾ/

inherited

French

courir

/kuʁiʁ/

inherited

Italian

correre

/ˈkorrere/

inherited

Portuguese

correr

/koˈheh/

inherited

Romanian

alerga

/alerˈga/

other source · of uncertain origin

Catalan

córrer

/ˈkorə/

inherited

English

run

/ɹʌn/

native English · Old English rinnan

English → Italianto runcorrereNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: current, course, courier, occur, excursion.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

CURRERE‘to run’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Spanish and Italian keep the double r; French simplified it and moved the verb to -ir. A current is 'running' water.

English relatives: current, course, courier, occur, excursion

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In a sentence

  • esCorro todas las mañanas.
  • frJe cours tous les matins.
  • itCorro ogni mattina.
  • ptCorro todas as manhãs.
  • roAlerg în fiecare dimineață.
  • caCorro cada matí.
  • enI run every morning.

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