recurrías

Recurrías is the second-person singular imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb recurrir, meaning to resort to or to recur. The verb recurrir comes from re- + currere (to run), and in modern Spanish it is used with the preposition a when indicating turning to a person, method, or resource: recurrir a alguien o a algo.

As an imperfect, recurrías expresses habitual or ongoing past action: you used to resort to; you were resorting to. It can also appear in narratives to indicate a past tendency, without specifying when it began or ended. It is used with tú as subject and can be followed by a clause or a noun phrase: recurrías a tus amigos cuando tenías problemas; recurrías a la memoria cuando te fallaban los apuntes.

Grammatical notes: The forms for recurrir are regular in the imperfect: yo recurría, tú recurrías, él recurría, nosotros recurríamos, vosotros recurríais, ellos recurrían. The construction recurrir a + noun or infinitive expresses turning to a resource or method.

Common synonyms or related phrases include acudir a, apoyarse en, or valerse de. The nuance of recur to is to describe a reaction to difficulties or a method employed over time.

In usage, recurrías can appear in literature, journalism, and speech, but remains chiefly a descriptive past form. See also recurrir, recurrir a, and the conjugation paradigms of regular -ir verbs in the imperfect.