Recurre

Recurre is the third-person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb recurrir, meaning to resort to or to turn to a method, resource, or recourse. The infinitive is recurrir; the form recurre is used with él, ella, or usted as the subject. Etymology traces recurrir to Latin recurrere, combining re- (again) and currere (to run), conveying the sense of returning to a source or option.

Usage and sense

Recurre is commonly used to indicate that someone or something turns to a particular method or resource. It is typically followed by the preposition a and a noun or noun phrase describing the recourse. Examples: La empresa recurre a un abogado. El comité recurre a la mediación para resolver el conflicto. En contextos legales o administrativos, recurre appears in discussions of appeals, recourse, or resorting to procedures.

Related forms

The concept is linked to recurrir (the base verb) and to noun recurso (recourse, appeal). Other tenses and moods of recurrir are used to express past actions (recurría, recurrió), future actions (recurirá), and subjunctive moods (recurra, recurriera/recurriese).

Notes

Recurre is a standard, neutral grammatical form in Spanish and is widely used in formal and informal writing to describe the action of turning to an alternative or remedy. See also: recurrir, recurso.