morar

See also: Morar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese morar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably borrowed from Latin morārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾaɾ/

Verb

morar (first-person singular present moro, first-person singular preterite morei, past participle morado)

1. (intransitive) to live, reside, dwell
2. (intransitive, of children) to play housework

Conjugation

    Conjugation of morar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	morar
Personal	morar	morares	morar	morarmos	morardes	moraren
Gerund
	morando
Past participle
Masculine	morado			morados
Feminine	morada			moradas
Indicative
Present	moro	moras	mora	moramos	morades	moran
Imperfect	moraba	morabas	moraba	morabamos	morabades	moraban
Preterite	morei	moraches	morou	moramos	morastes	moraron
Pluperfect	morara	moraras	morara	moraramos	morarades	moraran
Future	morarei	morarás	morará	moraremos	moraredes	morarán
Conditional	moraría	morarías	moraría	morariamos	morariades	morarían
Subjunctive
Present	more	mores	more	moremos	moredes	moren
Imperfect	morase	morases	morase	morásemos	morásedes	morasen
Future	morar	morares	morar	morarmos	morardes	moraren
Imperative
Affirmative		mora	more	moremos	morade	moren
Negative (non)		non mores	non more	non moremos	non moredes	non moren

    Reintegrated conjugation of morar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	morar
Personal	morar	morares	morar	morarmos	morardes	morarem
Gerund
	morando
Past participle
Masculine	morado			morados
Feminine	morada			moradas
Indicative
Present	moro	moras	mora	moramos	morades, morais	moram
Imperfect	morava	moravas	morava	morávamos	morávades, moráveis, morávais1	moravam
Preterite	morei	moraste, morache1	morou	moramos	morastes	morárom, moraram
Pluperfect	morara	moraras	morara	moráramos	morárades, moráreis, morárais1	moraram
Future	morarei	morarás	morará	moraremos	moraredes, morareis	morarám, morarão
Conditional	moraria	morarias	moraria	moraríamos	moraríades, moraríeis, moraríais1	morariam
Subjunctive
Present	more	mores	more	moremos	moredes, moreis	morem
Imperfect	morasse	morasses	morasse	morássemos	morássedes, morásseis	morassem
Future	morar	morares	morar	morarmos	morardes	morarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mora	more	moremos	morade, morai	morem
Negative (nom)		nom mores	nom more	nom moremos	nom moredes, nom moreis	nom morem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• morada
• morador

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “morar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mora”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “morar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish morar, probably borrowed from Latin morārī.

Verb

morar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מוראר)

1. to reside, to dwell, to abide

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese morar, probably borrowed from Latin morārī.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈɾa(ʁ)/ [moˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈɾa(ʁ)/ [moˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moˈɾa(ʁ)/ [moˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈɾa.ɾi/

• Homophone: murar (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: mo‧rar

Verb

morar (first-person singular present moro, first-person singular preterite morei, past participle morado)

1. to live, reside (have permanent residence)

   Synonyms: habitar, residir, viver

2. (Brazil, slang, dated) to get it; to understand

   Você não manda em mim, morou? ― I don't take orders from you, got it?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of morar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	morar
Personal	morar	morares	morar	morarmos	morardes	morarem
Gerund
	morando
Past participle
Masculine	morado			morados
Feminine	morada			moradas
Indicative
Present	moro	moras	mora	moramos	morais	moram
Imperfect	morava	moravas	morava	morávamos	moráveis	moravam
Preterite	morei	moraste	morou	moramos1, morámos2	morastes	moraram
Pluperfect	morara	moraras	morara	moráramos	moráreis	moraram
Future	morarei	morarás	morará	moraremos	morareis	morarão
Conditional	moraria	morarias	moraria	moraríamos	moraríeis	morariam
Subjunctive
Present	more	mores	more	moremos	moreis	morem
Imperfect	morasse	morasses	morasse	morássemos	morásseis	morassem
Future	morar	morares	morar	morarmos	morardes	morarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mora	more	moremos	morai	morem
Negative (não)		não mores	não more	não moremos	não moreis	não morem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• morada
• moradia

Romanian

Etymology

From moară +‎ -ar or from Latin molārius. Compare Aromanian murar, Spanish molero.

Noun

morar m (plural morari)

1. miller
2. mealworm

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish morar, probably borrowed from Latin morārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾaɾ/ [moˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mo‧rar

Verb

morar (first-person singular present moro, first-person singular preterite moré, past participle morado)

1. to reside, to dwell, to abide

   Synonyms: vivir, habitar, residir

2. to sojourn
3. to indwell (+ en)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of morar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			morar
gerund			morando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		morado		morada
		plural		morados		moradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	moro	morastú morásvos	mora	moramos	moráis	moran
	imperfect	moraba	morabas	moraba	morábamos	morabais	moraban
	preterite	moré	moraste	moró	moramos	morasteis	moraron
	future	moraré	morarás	morará	moraremos	moraréis	morarán
	conditional	moraría	morarías	moraría	moraríamos	moraríais	morarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	more	morestú morésvos2	more	moremos	moréis	moren
	imperfect (ra)	morara	moraras	morara	moráramos	morarais	moraran
	imperfect (se)	morase	morases	morase	morásemos	moraseis	morasen
	future1	morare	morares	morare	moráremos	morareis	moraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		moratú morávos	more	moremos	morad	moren
	negative		no mores	no more	no moremos	no moréis	no moren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of morar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive morar
	dative	morarme	morarte	morarle, morarse	morarnos	moraros	morarles, morarse
	accusative	morarme	morarte	morarlo, morarla, morarse	morarnos	moraros	morarlos, morarlas, morarse
with gerund morando
	dative	morándome	morándote	morándole, morándose	morándonos	morándoos	morándoles, morándose
	accusative	morándome	morándote	morándolo, morándola, morándose	morándonos	morándoos	morándolos, morándolas, morándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mora
	dative	mórame	mórate	mórale	móranos	not used	mórales
	accusative	mórame	mórate	móralo, mórala	móranos	not used	móralos, móralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative morá
	dative	morame	morate	morale	moranos	not used	morales
	accusative	morame	morate	moralo, morala	moranos	not used	moralos, moralas
with formal second-person singular imperative more
	dative	móreme	not used	mórele, mórese	mórenos	not used	móreles
	accusative	móreme	not used	mórelo, mórela, mórese	mórenos	not used	mórelos, mórelas
with first-person plural imperative moremos
	dative	not used	morémoste	morémosle	morémonos	morémoos	morémosles
	accusative	not used	morémoste	morémoslo, morémosla	morémonos	morémoos	morémoslos, morémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative morad
	dative	moradme	not used	moradle	moradnos	moraos	moradles
	accusative	moradme	not used	moradlo, moradla	moradnos	moraos	moradlos, moradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative moren
	dative	mórenme	not used	mórenle	mórennos	not used	mórenles, mórense
	accusative	mórenme	not used	mórenlo, mórenla	mórennos	not used	mórenlos, mórenlas, mórense

Related terms

• morada

 

Further reading

• “morar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28