morir
Meaning
- (intransitive, reflexive, sometimes) to die
- (idiomatic, intransitive, reflexive) to be dying (for, to)
Concepts
cash in one’s chips
give-up the ghost
to die
cease to be
go to meet ones maker
be off
to bite the dust
depart from
Opposite of
vivir
Synonyms
caer muerto
exhalar el último suspiro
conluir
entregar el alma
hincar el pico
liar el petate
perder la vida
felpar
panquear
acabar el
deceder
Translations
mourir
sterben
morire
sterven
morrer
morir
ölmek
πεθαίνω
moriFrequency
Hyphenated as
mo‧rir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/moˈɾiɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish murir, morir, from Latin morīrī, variant of morī. Cognate with Galician morrer, Ladino murir, and Portuguese morrer. Compare English mortify.
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