What does "corre" mean here?

Question

A teacher "acepta R4 y despues los corre" (don't know what "R4" is; the context is a teaching hospital and the teacher's attitude towards the residents changes from day to day). Are they being chased away?

Can you give more context , please. - annierats, Apr 5, 2016

The teacher is described as being bipolar (meaning his behavior is inconsistent towards the residents). The actual sentence is "Profesor bipolar, no desea que roten residentes un dia, otro dia los adora, acepta R4 y despues los corre..." - KerleneT, Apr 5, 2016

Answer 1

In looking at the SD translator, "correr" can mean "move (something or someone)" or "move (something or someone) along."

So in this context, the teacher "takes R4 and then moves them along." I don't know what "R4" might be, as my Spanish vocabulary is not very large. The "R" might be an abbreviation of "residente" like here a 3rd year law student would be an "L3."

Update edit

OK, now that I've seen the full sentence, I would suggest this interpretation:

"The bipolar teacher, he doesn't want to rotate the residents (I would suggest it means "rotate them in," or "take them in." Otherwise the sentence doesn't make sense), another day he adores them, he accepts R4 (still puzzled by this one) and then moves them along."

Thanks for the insight! That didn't even occur to me! - KerleneT, Apr 5, 2016

Good on you, Wink. ♥ - Daniela2041, Apr 5, 2016

Thank you, Dani. It made my day getting a heart from you!! ♥ ;-) - Winkfish, Apr 5, 2016

Thanks so much to everyone for their input! This answer makes the most sense to me. Very grateful :) - KerleneT, Apr 6, 2016

Answer 2

¡Hola!

R4 is a memory card used in Nintendo DS. You can download (not legally) games and play them.

"Correr" can be used in Latin America to say that you are "running" a game. And as you may have noticed, in English you use the same verb for this action.

So I think that the teacher wants the student to accept the R4 in the console and run the games that it has.

Anyway, this sentence has not much sense, but this is the most accurate translation that I can give.

Sorry for my English. I hope to be helpful.

I didn't know that! Learned a new meaning for that word :) - KerleneT, Apr 5, 2016

Yes, exactly what I meant only I still don't know what these games are, but never mind. Good explanation. - annierats, Apr 6, 2016

Answer 3

I think they are some sort of cards for Nintendo games. The machine, or the nurse? will take the card and then run the games, I think.

I actually don't know what Nintendo is, but you understand my general meaning, a gadget that let's a program run in a computer of some sort. - annierats, Apr 5, 2016

Answer 4

A teacher accepts R4 and then runs? Do not know what it means in this context.

Looks like the teacher is running away? - 00cc0117, Apr 5, 2016