morrer

From Vulgar Latin *morīre, from Latin morī, present active infinitive of morior, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

morrer

1. to die

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• muerte
• muertu

From Old Portuguese morrer, morer, from Vulgar Latin *morīre, from Latin morī, present active infinitive of morior, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

morrer (first-person singular present morro, first-person singular preterite morrín, past participle morrido)

1. to die

From Old Portuguese morrer, morer, from Vulgar Latin *morīre, from Latin morī, present active infinitive of morior, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.ˈʁeɾ/
• Hyphenation: mor‧rer

morrer (first-person singular present indicative morro, past participle morrido)

1. (intransitive) to die (to stop living)

   Milhares morreram na guerra.

   Thousands have died in the war.

   Synonyms: ir-se, partir, vestir o paletó de madeira

2. (intransitive) to die; to break down (to stop working)

   O carro não liga, acho que morreu.

   The car won’t turn on, I think it died.

   Synonyms: estragar, quebrar

3. (transitive with para) to die to (to lose all social ties with)

   Se você se casar com ele, morrerá 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)

   Os dinossauros morreram na pré-história.

   Dinosaurs died in prehistory.

   Synonym: desaparecer

5. (transitive with de) to feel something to an extreme degree

   Estou morrendo de fome e de frio!

   I am starving and freezing!

6. (transitive with em) to die at (not to go past a given value)

   O jogo morreu no zero a zero.

   The game died at nil-nil.

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:morrer.

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