murmurar

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese murmurar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably borrowed from Latin murmurāre, present active infinitive of murmurō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [muɾmuˈɾaɾ]

Verb

murmurar (first-person singular present murmuro, first-person singular preterite murmurei, past participle murmurado)

  1. to speak negatively about someone who is not present; to gossip
    Synonym: rexoubar
    • 1886, Antonio Machado y Alvarez, Folk-lore español: Biblioteca de las tradiciones populares españoles ..., page 212:
      Por cantar e estar alegre /nunca se perdeu ninguén /pérdese por marmurar /vidas de xente de ben.
      Singing and having fun /never damned no one /but the lives of good people/ are lost because of gossiping
  2. to murmur, whisper
  3. to mutter, grumble
    Synonym: rosmar

Conjugation

Derived terms

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese murmurar, probably borrowed from Latin murmurāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /muʁ.muˈɾa(ʁ)/ [muɦ.muˈɾa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /muɾ.muˈɾa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /muʁ.muˈɾa(ʁ)/ [muʁ.muˈɾa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /muɻ.muˈɾa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /muɾ.muˈɾaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /muɾ.muˈɾa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: mur‧mu‧rar

Verb

murmurar (first-person singular present murmuro, first-person singular preterite murmurei, past participle murmurado)

  1. to murmur, whisper
  2. to mutter, grumble
  3. to ripple
  4. to rustle

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish murmurar, borrowed from Latin murmurāre.[1] Cf. also the popular Old Spanish variant mormurar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muɾmuˈɾaɾ/ [muɾ.muˈɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mur‧mu‧rar

Verb

murmurar (first-person singular present murmuro, first-person singular preterite murmuré, past participle murmurado)

  1. (transitive) to murmur, to mutter
  2. (intransitive) to murmur
  3. (intransitive) to gossip

Conjugation

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Further reading

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