What does “correr a alguien” mean in Mexican Spanish?
José Miguel rechaza a Valentina tras la muerte de su padre
A2 Spanish listening practice · Mexican Spanish · Picked for people who know a little
You know correr as “to run.” But in Mexico, when the verb takes a person — correr a alguien — it means to throw them out or fire them. No te arriesgues a que te corra is “don’t risk him kicking you out,” and me corrieron del trabajo means “I got fired.” Nobody is jogging anywhere; someone is being shown the door.
The telenovela scene runs on this verb: Valentina shows up uninvited after a death in the family, and the warning comes — “No te arriesgues a que José Miguel te corra.” You’ll also hear lo corrieron de la casa (“they kicked him out of the house”). Elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world, echar or despedir do this job.
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Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-ESP 2011 (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.