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How do you pronounce "correr" in Portuguese (Portugal)?
Sounds like "koo-HHAIR" — the first syllable tightens to "koo", and the double r is a guttural sound made in the back of the throat, similar to a French r.
Stress falls on the second -rer; the double r (rr) is not a rolled tongue-tip r but a guttural sound produced in the throat, quite different from the single light-tap r elsewhere in these verbs.
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Corro todas as manhãs.
I run every morning.
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"Corro todas as manhãs" ("I run every morning") uses corro, the first-person present, alongside todas as manhãs, a fixed time expression meaning "every morning" that literally translates as "all the mornings". Manhãs is the nasal plural of manhã, and the plural agreement extends across todas, as, and manhãs. This is a routine, habitual-action sentence, the most common use of the simple present in Portuguese.
Where English speakers slip
The double rr is the standout trap: it's not the same sound as a single r, and pronouncing it as a light tap (as you would for the r in dormir or falar) sounds distinctly foreign — it should be a throaty, guttural sound, closer to how a French speaker pronounces r, or even a light "h" sound in casual EP speech. Brazilian Portuguese also uses this guttural rr sound, so this particular feature actually carries over well between the two varieties, unlike vowel reduction.