recurrir

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recurrere. Doublet of recorrer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rekuˈriɾ/ [re.kuˈriɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: re‧cu‧rrir

Verb

recurrir (first-person singular present recurro, first-person singular preterite recurrí, past participle recurrido)

to resort to
- 2025 July 23, Priscilla Alvarez, “El Gobierno de Trump toma medidas para acelerar la deportación de menores migrantes y les ofrece opción de "autodeportarse"”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:
  El Gobierno ha recurrido a las denominadas “autodeportaciones” mientras refuerza la campaña de deportaciones masivas del presidente Donald Trump.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
to appeal to
to turn to
to call on (to request or ask something of a person)
(law) to appeal

Conjugation

Conjugation of recurrir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			recurrir
gerund			recurriendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		recurrido		recurrida
		plural		recurridos		recurridas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recurro	recurres^{^tú} recurrís^{^vos}	recurre	recurrimos	recurrís	recurren
	imperfect	recurría	recurrías	recurría	recurríamos	recurríais	recurrían
	preterite	recurrí	recurriste	recurrió	recurrimos	recurristeis	recurrieron
	future	recurriré	recurrirás	recurrirá	recurriremos	recurriréis	recurrirán
	conditional	recurriría	recurrirías	recurriría	recurriríamos	recurriríais	recurrirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	recurra	recurras^{^tú} recurrás^{^vos²}	recurra	recurramos	recurráis	recurran
	imperfect (ra)	recurriera	recurrieras	recurriera	recurriéramos	recurrierais	recurrieran
	imperfect (se)	recurriese	recurrieses	recurriese	recurriésemos	recurrieseis	recurriesen
	future¹	recurriere	recurrieres	recurriere	recurriéremos	recurriereis	recurrieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		recurre^{^tú} recurrí^{^vos}	recurra	recurramos	recurrid	recurran
	negative		no recurras	no recurra	no recurramos	no recurráis	no recurran

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of recurrir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive recurrir	dative	recurrirme	recurrirte	recurrirle, recurrirse	recurrirnos	recurriros	recurrirles, recurrirse
with infinitive recurrir	accusative	recurrirme	recurrirte	recurrirlo, recurrirla, recurrirse	recurrirnos	recurriros	recurrirlos, recurrirlas, recurrirse

with gerund recurriendo	dative	recurriéndome	recurriéndote	recurriéndole, recurriéndose	recurriéndonos	recurriéndoos	recurriéndoles, recurriéndose
with gerund recurriendo	accusative	recurriéndome	recurriéndote	recurriéndolo, recurriéndola, recurriéndose	recurriéndonos	recurriéndoos	recurriéndolos, recurriéndolas, recurriéndose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative recurre	dative	recúrreme	recúrrete	recúrrele	recúrrenos	not used	recúrreles
	accusative	recúrreme	recúrrete	recúrrelo, recúrrela	recúrrenos	not used	recúrrelos, recúrrelas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative recurrí	dative	recurrime	recurrite	recurrile	recurrinos	not used	recurriles
	accusative	recurrime	recurrite	recurrilo, recurrila	recurrinos	not used	recurrilos, recurrilas

with formal second-person singular imperative recurra	dative	recúrrame	not used	recúrrale, recúrrase	recúrranos	not used	recúrrales
with formal second-person singular imperative recurra	accusative	recúrrame	not used	recúrralo, recúrrala, recúrrase	recúrranos	not used	recúrralos, recúrralas

with first-person plural imperative recurramos	dative	not used	recurrámoste	recurrámosle	recurrámonos	recurrámoos	recurrámosles
with first-person plural imperative recurramos	accusative	not used	recurrámoste	recurrámoslo, recurrámosla	recurrámonos	recurrámoos	recurrámoslos, recurrámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative recurrid	dative	recurridme	not used	recurridle	recurridnos	recurríos	recurridles
with informal second-person plural imperative recurrid	accusative	recurridme	not used	recurridlo, recurridla	recurridnos	recurríos	recurridlos, recurridlas

with formal second-person plural imperative recurran	dative	recúrranme	not used	recúrranle	recúrrannos	not used	recúrranles, recúrranse
with formal second-person plural imperative recurran	accusative	recúrranme	not used	recúrranlo, recúrranla	recúrrannos	not used	recúrranlos, recúrranlas, recúrranse

Derived terms

recurrible