morrer

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Asturian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin morī (via a de-deponentized *morĕre).

Verb

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morrer

  1. to die
    Ya nin sabemus cuantos murrierun na guerra.
    We don't even know how many died in the war anymore.

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese morrer, morer, from Latin morī (via a de-deponentized *morĕre).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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morrer (first-person singular present morro, first-person singular preterite morrín, past participle morto)
morrer (first-person singular present morro, first-person singular preterite morrim or morri, past participle morrido, short past participle morto, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (intransitive) to die
    • 1454, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 174:
      porque en esta çidade e coutos ouuo et ha avido grandes mortaldades, asy en hua casa que caeu, en que morreron logo fasta çento et quareenta et sete personas onrradas, como outrosy por la grande mortaldade et pestelençias que noso señor Deus quiso dar en este ano pasado de çinqueenta et tres, como en este presente ano, en tanto que son falesçidos mays de tres mill personas, o qual é notorio.
      because in this city and its dependencies there were and there have been big mortalities, as for example a building that fell down, in which there died up to a hundred and forty-seven respectable person; as well as because of the big mortality and pestilences that God our Lord sent this last year of fifty-three, as well as this current year, because there have died more than three thousand persons, which is notorious.
  2. (pronominal, dated) to die
  3. (intransitive, of a fire) to go out

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References

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese morrer, morer, from Latin morī (via a de-deponentized *morĕre).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mor‧rer

Verb

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morrer (first-person singular present morro, first-person singular preterite morri, past participle morrido, short past participle morto)

  1. (intransitive) to die (to stop living)
    Synonyms: ir-se, partir, falecer; see also Thesaurus:morrer
    Milhares morreram na guerra.
    Thousands have died in the war.
  2. (intransitive) to die; to break down (to stop working)
    Synonyms: estragar, partir
    O carro não liga, acho que morreu.
    The car won’t turn on, I think it died.
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to be dead to (to lose all social ties with) [with para ‘someone/a group’]
    Se tu/você te/se casar(es) com ele, morrerá(s) para a nossa família.
    If you marry him, you will be dead to our family.
  4. (intransitive) to die; to die out (to cease to exist)
    Synonym: desaparecer
    Os dinossauros morreram na pré-história.
    Dinosaurs died in prehistory.
  5. (intransitive) to feel to an extreme degree [with de ‘a condition, e.g. hunger/thirst/heat/cold’]
    Estou a morrer/morrendo de fome e de frio!
    I am starving and freezing!
  6. (intransitive, of a game) to die at (to not go past a given value) [with em ‘a score’]
    O jogo morreu no zero a zero.
    The game died at nil-nil.

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Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:morrer.

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Descendants

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  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: muri
  • Kabuverdianu: móri
  • Kristang: mureh
  • Macanese: morê
  • Papiamentu: muri

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