Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.roː/, [ˈkʊr.roː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkur.ro/

Verb

currō ‎(present infinitive currere, perfect active cucurrī, supine cursum); third conjugation

1. (intransitive) I run
   • 20 BCE – 14 BCE, Horace, Epistles 1.11.27

     Caelum, non animum mutant, qui trans mare currunt

     They change the sky, not their souls, those who run across the sea.

2. (intransitive) I hurry, hasten, speed
3. (intransitive) I move, travel, proceed
4. (transitive, of a race, journey, with accusative) I run
5. (transitive, with accusative) I travel through, traverse, run

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Descendants

References

• curro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CURRO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “curro”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to run a foot-race: stadium currere (Off. 3. 10. 42)
    
  • (ambiguous) to run its course in the sky: cursum conficere in caelo
    
  • (ambiguous) to finish one's career: vitae cursum or curriculum conficere
    
  • (ambiguous) to set one's course for a place: cursum dirigere aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) to hold on one's course: cursum tenere (opp. commutare and deferri)
    
  • (ambiguous) to finish one's voyage: cursum conficere (Att. 5. 12. 1)
    

Spanish

Adjective

curro m ‎(feminine singular curra, masculine plural curros, feminine plural curras)

1. (colloquial) handsome, good looking

Noun

curro m ‎(plural curros)

1. (colloquial, Spain) work

   Voy al curro — I’m going to work.

2. (Cuba, Mexico) Andalusian immigrant living in America
3. (vulgar, Argentina, Uruguay) fraud, rip-off, scam

Verb

curro

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of currar.