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Correr is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to run”.
Below are all of the conjugations for correr in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to run |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | correr |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está corriendo) and past continuous (estaba corriendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. running).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he corrido and hubiera corrido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have run).
| Gerundio / Gerund | corriendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | corrido |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I run” or “they run”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | corro |
| Tú | corres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | corre |
| Nosotros / as | corremos |
| Vosotros / as | corréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | corren |
| Vos | corrés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I ran” or “she ran” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | corrí | I ran |
| Tú | corriste | You ran |
| Él / Ella / Usted | corrió | He / she / you ran |
| Nosotros / as | corrimos | We ran |
| Vosotros / as | corristeis | You ran |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | corrieron | They / you ran |
| Vos | corriste | You ran |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was running” or “she was running” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | corría | I was running |
| Tú | corrías | You were running |
| Él / Ella / Usted | corría | He was / she was / you were running |
| Nosotros / as | corríamos | We were running |
| Vosotros / as | corríais | You were running |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | corrían | They / you were running |
| Vos | corrías | You were running |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have run” and “she has run”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he corrido | I have run |
| Tú | has corrido | You have run |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha corrido | He has / she has / you have run |
| Nosotros / as | hemos corrido | We have run |
| Vosotros / as | habéis corrido | You have run |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han corrido | They / you have run |
| Vos | has corrido | You have run |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would run” or “she would run”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | correría | I would run |
| Tú | correrías | You would run |
| Él / Ella / Usted | correría | He / she / you would run |
| Nosotros / as | correríamos | We would run |
| Vosotros / as | correríais | You would run |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | correrían | They / you would run |
| Vos | correrías | You would run |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will run” or “they will run”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a correr” means “They are going to run”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | correré | I will run |
| Tú | correrás | You will run |
| Él / Ella / Usted | correrá | He / she / you will run |
| Nosotros / as | correremos | We will run |
| Vosotros / as | correréis | You will run |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | correrán | They / you will run |
| Vos | correrás | You will run |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | corra |
| Tú | corras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | corra |
| Nosotros / as | corramos |
| Vosotros / as | corráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | corran |
| Vos | corras |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | corriera | corriese |
| Tú | corrieras | corriese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | corriera | corriese |
| Nosotros / as | corriéramos | corriésemos |
| Vosotros / as | corrierais | corrieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | corrieran | corriesen |
| Vos | corrieras | corriese |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | corriere |
| Tú | corrieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | corriere |
| Nosotros / as | corriéremos |
| Vosotros / as | corriereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | corrieren |
| Vos | corrieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “run!” and “don’t run!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | corre | no corras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | corra | no corra |
| Nosotros / as | corramos | no corramos |
| Vosotros / as | corred | no corráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | corran | no corran |
| Vos | corré | no corras |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya corrido |
| Tú | hayas corrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya corrido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos corrido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis corrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan corrido |
| Vos | hayas corrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera corrido / hubiese corrido |
| Tú | hubieras corrido / hubieses corrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera corrido / hubiese corrido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos corrido / hubiésemos corrido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais corrido / hubieseis corrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran corrido / hubiesen corrido |
| Vos | hubieras corrido / hubieses corrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere corrido |
| Tú | hubieres corrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere corrido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos corrido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis corrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren corrido |
| Vos | hubieres corrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté corriendo |
| Tú | estés corriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté corriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos corriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis corriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén corriendo |
| Vos | estés corriendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera corriendo / estuviese corriendo |
| Tú | estuvieras corriendo / estuvieses corriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera corriendo / estuviese corriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos corriendo / estuviésamos corriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais corriendo / estuvieseis corriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera corriendo / estuviese corriendo |
| Vos | estuvieras corriendo / estuvieses corriendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere corriendo |
| Tú | estuvieres corriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere corriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos corriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis corriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere corriendo |
| Vos | estuvieres corriendo |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos corrés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos corriste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos corrías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos correrías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos correrás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos corras |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos corrieras / Vos corriese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos corré |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no corras |
