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incurrir

to incur

verb een-koo-RREER Less Common

Usage Note

Incurrir is always followed by the preposition en: incurrir en gastos (to incur costs), incurrir en un error (to make a mistake). It is a formal, written-register verb more common in legal and financial texts than in everyday speech.

Examples

"La empresa incurrió en grandes pérdidas."

Natural Translation

The company incurred large losses.

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