concorrer

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin concurrere. By surface analysis, con- +‎ correr.

• Hyphenation: con‧cor‧rer

concorrer (first-person singular present concorro, first-person singular preterite concorri, past participle concorrido)

1. (intransitive) to run (to be a candidate in an election for a given post) [with a ‘for an office’]

   Meu pai concorreu a presidente e perdeu.

   My father ran for president and lost.

2. (intransitive) to have the chance of winning [with a ‘a given prize’]

   Precisamos comprar dez bilhetes para concorrermos ao carro.

   We need to buy ten tickets in order to have the chance of winning the car.

3. (intransitive) to compete (to strive for the same thing) [with com ‘with someone’]

   Synonym: competir

   Ele concorrera com poucos candidatos.

   He had competed with few candidates.

4. (obsolete, intransitive) to concur (to run together)

   A linha de frente concorreria até os derrotados.

   The front line would then concur towards the defeated.

5. (intransitive or auxiliary) to contribute (to be a factor in the occurrence (of something)) [with para (+ object) ‘to something’ or para (+ infinitive) ‘to doing something’]

   Synonym: contribuir

   Sua doação concorre para o fim da miséria.

   Your donation contributes to the end of misery.

   Concorremos para terminar o projeto.

   We contributed to finishing the project.

6. (intransitive) to coexist (especially in disharmony) [with em ‘in a location’]

   Synonym: coexistir

   Duas religiões concorriam naquele país.

   Two religions coexisted in that country.

7. (intransitive) to concur; to agree (to have the same opinion (as someone else)) [with com ‘with someone/something’]

   Synonym: concordar

   Concorro com o que disseram.

   I concur with what you said.

• concorrência

• concurso