Ella VerbsHow to conjugate Recorrer in Spanish
recorrer to travel around, to go all over, to cover (a distance) Regular ER Verb
At a glance: Recorrer (to travel around, to go all over, to cover (a distance)) is a regular -ER verb in Spanish. In the present tense: recorro, recorres, recorre, recorremos, recorréis, recorren. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -ER verbs.
- Past participle
- recorrido travelled around
- Gerund
- recorriendo travelling around
Table of contents
- Indicative tenses of Recorrer
- Recorrer in the Indicative Present
- Recorrer in the Indicative Preterite
- Recorrer in the Indicative Imperfect
- Recorrer in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Recorrer in the Indicative Informal Future
- Recorrer in the Indicative Future
- Recorrer in the Indicative Conditional
- Recorrer in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Recorrer in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Recorrer in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Recorrer in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Recorrer
- Imperative tenses of Recorrer
- Verbs that follow the same patterns
- Frequently asked questions
- Downloadable cheat sheet (PDF)
- Practise Recorrer conjugations (free mobile app)
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Indicative tenses of Recorrer
Recorrer in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of recorrer is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “recorro”, meaning “I travel around”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | recorro | I travel around |
| Tú | recorres | you travel around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | recorre | s/he travels around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | recorremos | we travel around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | recorréis | you (plural) travel around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | recorren | they travel around |
How it’s built: Regular: stem recorr- plus the -er endings.
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Recorrer in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of recorrer is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “recorrí”, meaning “I travelled around”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | recorrí | I travelled around |
| Tú | recorriste | you travelled around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | recorrió | s/he travelled around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | recorrimos | we travelled around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | recorristeis | you (plural) travelled around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | recorrieron | they travelled around |
How it’s built: Regular: stem recorr- plus the -er endings.
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Recorrer in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of recorrer is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “recorría”, meaning “I used to travel around”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | recorría | I used to travel around |
| Tú | recorrías | you used to travel around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | recorría | s/he used to travel around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | recorríamos | we used to travel around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | recorríais | you (plural) used to travel around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | recorrían | they used to travel around |
How it’s built: Regular: stem recorr- plus the -er endings.
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Recorrer in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of recorrer is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy recorriendo”, meaning “I am travelling around”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy recorriendo | I am travelling around |
| Tú | estás recorriendo | you are travelling around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está recorriendo | s/he is travelling around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos recorriendo | we are travelling around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis recorriendo | you (plural) are travelling around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están recorriendo | they are travelling around |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund recorriendo.
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Recorrer in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of recorrer is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a recorrer”, meaning “I am going to travel around”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a recorrer | I am going to travel around |
| Tú | vas a recorrer | you are going to travel around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a recorrer | s/he is going to travel around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a recorrer | we are going to travel around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a recorrer | you (plural) are going to travel around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a recorrer | they are going to travel around |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive recorrer.
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Recorrer in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of recorrer is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “recorreré”, meaning “I will travel around”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | recorreré | I will travel around |
| Tú | recorrerás | you will travel around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | recorrerá | s/he will travel around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | recorreremos | we will travel around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | recorreréis | you (plural) will travel around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | recorrerán | they will travel around |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive recorrer plus the future endings.
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Recorrer in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of recorrer is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “recorrería”, meaning “I would travel around”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | recorrería | I would travel around |
| Tú | recorrerías | you would travel around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | recorrería | s/he would travel around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | recorreríamos | we would travel around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | recorreríais | you (plural) would travel around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | recorrerían | they would travel around |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive recorrer plus the conditional endings.
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Recorrer in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of recorrer is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “he recorrido”, meaning “I have travelled around”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he recorrido | I have travelled around |
| Tú | has recorrido | you have travelled around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha recorrido | s/he has travelled around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos recorrido | we have travelled around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis recorrido | you (plural) have travelled around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han recorrido | they have travelled around |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle recorrido.
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Recorrer in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of recorrer is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había recorrido”, meaning “I had travelled around”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había recorrido | I had travelled around |
| Tú | habías recorrido | you had travelled around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había recorrido | s/he had travelled around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos recorrido | we had travelled around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais recorrido | you (plural) had travelled around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían recorrido | they had travelled around |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle recorrido.
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Recorrer in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of recorrer is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré recorrido”, meaning “I will have travelled around”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré recorrido | I will have travelled around |
| Tú | habrás recorrido | you will have travelled around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá recorrido | s/he will have travelled around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos recorrido | we will have travelled around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis recorrido | you (plural) will have travelled around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán recorrido | they will have travelled around |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle recorrido.
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Recorrer in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of recorrer is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría recorrido”, meaning “I would have travelled around”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría recorrido | I would have travelled around |
| Tú | habrías recorrido | you would have travelled around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría recorrido | s/he would have travelled around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos recorrido | we would have travelled around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais recorrido | you (plural) would have travelled around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían recorrido | they would have travelled around |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle recorrido.
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Subjunctive tenses of Recorrer
Recorrer in the Subjunctive Present
The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “recorra”, meaning “I travel around”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | recorra | I travel around |
| Tú | recorras | you travel around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | recorra | s/he travels around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | recorramos | we travel around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | recorráis | you (plural) travel around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | recorran | they travel around |
How it’s built: Regular: stem recorr- plus the -er subjunctive endings.
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Recorrer in the Subjunctive Imperfect
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “recorriera”, meaning “I travelled around”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | recorriera | I travelled around |
| Tú | recorrieras | you travelled around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | recorriera | s/he travelled around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | recorriéramos | we travelled around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | recorrierais | you (plural) travelled around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | recorrieran | they travelled around |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, recorrieron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (recorriéramos).
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Recorrer in the Subjunctive Future
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “recorriere”, meaning “I will travel around”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | recorriere | I will travel around |
| Tú | recorrieres | you will travel around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | recorriere | s/he will travel around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | recorriéremos | we will travel around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | recorriereis | you (plural) will travel around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | recorrieren | they will travel around |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, recorrieron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (recorriéremos).
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Recorrer in the Subjunctive Present Perfect
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “haya recorrido”, meaning “I have travelled around”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya recorrido | I have travelled around |
| Tú | hayas recorrido | you have travelled around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya recorrido | s/he has travelled around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos recorrido | we have travelled around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis recorrido | you (plural) have travelled around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan recorrido | they have travelled around |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle recorrido.
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Recorrer in the Subjunctive Past Perfect
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “hubiera recorrido”, meaning “I had travelled around”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera recorrido | I had travelled around |
| Tú | hubieras recorrido | you had travelled around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera recorrido | s/he had travelled around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos recorrido | we had travelled around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais recorrido | you (plural) had travelled around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran recorrido | they had travelled around |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle recorrido.
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Recorrer in the Subjunctive Future Perfect
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “hubiere recorrido”, meaning “I will have travelled around”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere recorrido | I will have travelled around |
| Tú | hubieres recorrido | you will have travelled around |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere recorrido | s/he will have travelled around |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos recorrido | we will have travelled around |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis recorrido | you (plural) will have travelled around |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren recorrido | they will have travelled around |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle recorrido.
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Imperative tenses of Recorrer
Recorrer in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “recorra”, meaning “(to you formal) travel around!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | recorre | (to you) travel around! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | recorra | (to you formal) travel around! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | recorramos | let's travel around! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | recorred | (to you plural) travel around! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | recorran | (to you plural formal) travel around! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (recorre); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (recorra, recorramos, recorran); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (recorred).
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Recorrer in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no recorra”, meaning “(to you formal) don't travel around!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no recorras | (to you) don't travel around! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no recorra | (to you formal) don't travel around! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no recorramos | let's not travel around! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no recorráis | (to you plural) don't travel around! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no recorran | (to you plural formal) don't travel around! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no recorras, no recorra, no recorramos, no recorráis, no recorran.
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Frequently asked questions about Recorrer
Is recorrer a regular or irregular verb?
Recorrer is a fully regular -ER verb. It follows the standard -ER conjugation pattern in every tense and mood without any stem changes, spelling changes, or irregular forms. This makes it a model verb for learning the -ER conjugation system.
How do you conjugate recorrer in the present tense (presente)?
In the present tense (presente), recorrer is conjugated as: yo recorro, tú recorres, él/ella/usted recorre, nosotros recorremos, vosotros recorréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes recorren. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.
How do you conjugate recorrer in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), recorrer is conjugated as: yo recorrí, tú recorriste, él/ella/usted recorrió, nosotros recorrimos, vosotros recorristeis, ellos/ellas/ustedes recorrieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
How do you conjugate recorrer in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), recorrer is conjugated as: yo recorría, tú recorrías, él/ella/usted recorría, nosotros recorríamos, vosotros recorríais, ellos/ellas/ustedes recorrían. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
How do you conjugate recorrer in the future tense (futuro simple)?
In the future tense (futuro simple), recorrer is conjugated as: yo recorreré, tú recorrerás, él/ella/usted recorrerá, nosotros recorreremos, vosotros recorreréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes recorrerán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
How do you conjugate recorrer in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), recorrer is conjugated as: yo recorra, tú recorras, él/ella/usted recorra, nosotros recorramos, vosotros recorráis, ellos/ellas/ustedes recorran. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.
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