concorrer
See also: concórrer
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin concurro, concurrere, possibly a semi-learned borrowing. Equivalent con- + correr.
Verb
concorrer (first-person singular present indicative concorro, past participle concorrido)
- (transitive with a) to run for (to be a candidate in an election for a given post)
- Meu pai concorreu a presidente e perdeu.
- My father ran for president and lost.
- (transitive with a) to have the chance of winning a given prize
- Precisamos comprar dez bilhetes para concorrermos ao carro.
- We need to buy ten tickets in order to have the chance of winning the car.
- (intransitive, or transitive with com) to compete with (to strive for the same thing)
- Ele concorrera com poucos candidatos.
- He had competed with few candidates.
- (obsolete, intransitive) to concur (to run together)
- A linha de frente concorreria até os derrotados.
- The front line would then concur towards the defeated.
- (transitive or auxiliary with para and a verb in the infinitive) to contribute to (to be a factor in the occurrence of)
- Sua doação concorre para o fim da miséria.
- Your donation contributes to the end of misery.
- Concorremos para terminar o projeto.
- We contributed to finishing the project.
- (transitive with em) to coexist in, especially in disharmony
- Duas religiões concorriam naquele país.
- Two religions coexisted in that country.
- (intransitive, or transitive with com) to concur with; to agree with (to have the same opinion as)
- Concorro com o que disseram.
- I concur with what you said.
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb concorrer
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Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | concorrer | |||||
Personal | concorrer | concorreres | concorrer | concorrermos | concorrerdes | concorrerem |
Gerund | ||||||
concorrendo | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | concorrido | concorridos | ||||
Feminine | concorrida | concorridas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | concorro | concorres | concorre | concorremos | concorreis | concorrem |
Imperfect | concorria | concorrias | concorria | concorríamos | concorríeis | concorriam |
Preterite | concorri | concorreste | concorreu | concorremos | concorrestes | concorreram |
Pluperfect | concorrera | concorreras | concorrera | concorrêramos | concorrêreis | concorreram |
Future | concorrerei | concorrerás | concorrerá | concorreremos | concorrereis | concorrerão |
Conditional | ||||||
concorreria | concorrerias | concorreria | concorreríamos | concorreríeis | concorreriam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | concorra | concorras | concorra | concorramos | concorrais | concorram |
Imperfect | concorresse | concorresses | concorresse | concorrêssemos | concorrêsseis | concorressem |
Future | concorrer | concorreres | concorrer | concorrermos | concorrerdes | concorrerem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | - | concorre | concorra | concorramos | concorrei | concorram |
Negative (não) | - | concorras | concorra | concorramos | concorrais | concorram |
Synonyms
- (to compete): competir
- (to contribute): contribuir
- (to coexist): coexistir
- (to agree): concordar
Derived terms
- concorrência
Related terms
- concurso