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discurrir

Spanish, verb/diskuˈriɾ/

discurrir is a Spanish verb meaning “to flow, pass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Inventar o idear algo”.

What does discurrir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to flow, pass

  2. 2

    to go, travel, pass

  3. 3

    to reason, think

  4. 4

    to invent

  5. 5

    to infer

  6. 6

    to elapse

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Inventar o idear algo. 2. Emplear la mente para elaborar conjeturas, inferencias, hipótesis y deducciones.

verb: 1. Andar, caminar, correr por diversas partes y lugares. 2. Dicho del tiempo cronológico, avanzar, pasar o correr. 3. Fluir, correr un líquido o un gas, avanzando de un lugar a otro, como el aire, el agua, el aceite, etc. Seguir un curso o cauce. 4. Reflexionar, pensar acerca de una cosa, platicar de ella.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of discurrir

  • discurro first-person present singular
  • discurrí first-person preterite singular
  • discurrido participle past
  • discurriendo gerund
  • discurrida feminine participle past
  • discurridos masculine participle past
  • discurridas feminine participle past
  • discurres indicative informal present
  • discurrís indicative informal present
  • discurre indicative present singular
  • discurrimos first-person indicative plural
  • discurren indicative plural present
  • discurría first-person imperfect indicative
  • discurrías imperfect indicative second-person
  • discurríamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • discurríais imperfect indicative plural
  • discurrían imperfect indicative plural
  • discurriste indicative preterite second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce discurrir?

  • /diskuˈriɾ/
  • [d̪is.kuˈriɾ]
  • [d̪iskuˈriɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to discurrir

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is discurrir in Spanish?

discurrir appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).