recorrer

/rekoˈreɾ/ · B1 · verb

to travel, to go

🗺️🧭 re + correr (to run) = run through a place, so to tour or travel it

Correr means to run, like a courier who runs messages. Recorrer is running across or through somewhere: recorrer la ciudad means to tour the city. English recur comes from the same Latin root, recurrere.

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