discurrir

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin discurrere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diskuˈriɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: dis‧cu‧rrir

Verb

discurrir (first-person singular present discurro, first-person singular preterite discurrí, past participle discurrido)

  1. (intransitive, fluids, time, people) to flow, pass
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 56:
      Un labrador encontró en la montaña un palacio, al que fué invitado a entrar por voces de gente invisible. Estuvo en él varios días, deleitándose en la contemplación de sus riquezas, discurriendo libremente por sus parques y avenidas, y disfrutando a su placer de los agasajos de que era objeto de parte de sus desconocidos hospedadores.
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  2. (intransitive, of a road) to go, travel, pass
  3. (intransitive) to reason, think
    Synonyms: pensar, ponderar, razonar, reflexionar
  4. (transitive) to invent
  5. (transitive) to infer

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