amurar
Spanish, verb/amuˈɾaɾ/
amurar is spelled A-M-U-R-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written Spanish, the 328,186th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amurar is a Spanish verb meaning “to tack (sail against the wind)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sujetar con la amura los puños de escotas de una o más velas a barlovento”.
What does amurar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tack (sail against the wind)
verb
- 1
to strand (to leave someone in a difficult situation)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sujetar con la amura los puños de escotas de una o más velas a barlovento.
verb: 1. Abandonar a alguno. 2. Fijar a una pared o muro.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amurar
- amuro first-person present singular
- amuré first-person preterite singular
- amurado participle past
- amurando gerund
- amurada feminine participle past
- amurados masculine participle past
- amuradas feminine participle past
- amuras indicative informal present
- amurás indicative informal present
- amura indicative present singular
- amuramos first-person indicative plural
- amuráis indicative plural present
- amuran indicative plural present
- amuraba first-person imperfect indicative
- amurabas imperfect indicative second-person
- amurábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- amurabais imperfect indicative plural
- amuraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amurar?
- /amuˈɾaɾ/
- [a.muˈɾaɾ]
- [amuˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is amurar in Spanish?
amurar appears about once in every 91 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).