percorrer

Senses

1. 1.

   to travel through, to traverse

   to move across or through a place, covering distance

2. 2.

   to run through, to go over

   to examine or review something systematically (text, list, etc.)

3. 3.

   to cover (a distance)

   to complete a certain distance or route

Examples

• "Vamos percorrer toda a costa brasileira de carro."

  We're going to travel through the entire Brazilian coast by car.

• "Ela percorreu o documento com os olhos antes de assinar."

  She ran through the document with her eyes before signing.

• "O atleta percorreu 42 quilômetros na maratona."

  The athlete covered 42 kilometers in the marathon.

Usage

Regular -er verb conjugated like correr. Commonly used with distances (percorrer X quilômetros), places (percorrer a cidade), and texts/documents (percorrer um texto). Often interchangeable with "atravessar" for physical spaces, but "percorrer" emphasizes the journey or examination process.