recurrir

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recurrere. Doublet of recorrer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rekuˈriɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧cu‧rrir

Verb

recurrir (first-person singular present recurro, first-person singular preterite recurrí, past participle recurrido)

  1. to resort to
  2. to appeal to
  3. to turn to
  4. to call on (to request or ask something of a person)
  5. (law) to appeal

Conjugation

    Conjugation of recurrir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive recurrir
gerund recurriendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular recurrido recurrida
plural recurridos recurridas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present recurro recurrestú
recurrísvos 		recurre recurrimos recurrís recurren
imperfect recurría recurrías recurría recurríamos recurríais recurrían
preterite recurrí recurriste recurrió recurrimos recurristeis recurrieron
future recurriré recurrirás recurrirá recurriremos recurriréis recurrirán
conditional recurriría recurrirías recurriría recurriríamos recurriríais recurrirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present recurra recurrastú
recurrásvos2 		recurra recurramos recurráis recurran
imperfect
(ra) 		recurriera recurrieras recurriera recurriéramos recurrierais recurrieran
imperfect
(se) 		recurriese recurrieses recurriese recurriésemos recurrieseis recurriesen
future1 recurriere recurrieres recurriere recurriéremos recurriereis recurrieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative recurretú
recurrívos 		recurra recurramos recurrid recurran
negative no recurras no recurra no recurramos no recurráis no recurran

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of recurrir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive recurrir
dative recurrirme recurrirte recurrirle, recurrirse recurrirnos recurriros recurrirles, recurrirse
accusative recurrirme recurrirte recurrirlo, recurrirla, recurrirse recurrirnos recurriros recurrirlos, recurrirlas, recurrirse
with gerund recurriendo
dative recurriéndome recurriéndote recurriéndole, recurriéndose recurriéndonos recurriéndoos recurriéndoles, recurriéndose
accusative recurriéndome recurriéndote recurriéndolo, recurriéndola, recurriéndose recurriéndonos recurriéndoos recurriéndolos, recurriéndolas, recurriéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative recurre
dative recúrreme recúrrete recúrrele recúrrenos not used recúrreles
accusative recúrreme recúrrete recúrrelo, recúrrela recúrrenos not used recúrrelos, recúrrelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative recurrí
dative recurrime recurrite recurrile recurrinos not used recurriles
accusative recurrime recurrite recurrilo, recurrila recurrinos not used recurrilos, recurrilas
with formal second-person singular imperative recurra
dative recúrrame not used recúrrale, recúrrase recúrranos not used recúrrales
accusative recúrrame not used recúrralo, recúrrala, recúrrase recúrranos not used recúrralos, recúrralas
with first-person plural imperative recurramos
dative not used recurrámoste recurrámosle recurrámonos recurrámoos recurrámosles
accusative not used recurrámoste recurrámoslo, recurrámosla recurrámonos recurrámoos recurrámoslos, recurrámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative recurrid
dative recurridme not used recurridle recurridnos recurríos recurridles
accusative recurridme not used recurridlo, recurridla recurridnos recurríos recurridlos, recurridlas
with formal second-person plural imperative recurran
dative recúrranme not used recúrranle recúrrannos not used recúrranles, recúrranse
accusative recúrranme not used recúrranlo, recúrranla recúrrannos not used recúrranlos, recúrranlas, recúrranse

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