murar
Spanish, verb/muˈɾaɾ/
murar is spelled M-U-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish, the 317,902nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Murar is a Spanish verb meaning “to surround with a wall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cercar y guarnecer con muro una ciudad, fortaleza o cualquier recinto”.
What does murar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to surround with a wall
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cercar y guarnecer con muro una ciudad, fortaleza o cualquier recinto.
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 murar
- muro first-person present singular
- muré first-person preterite singular
- murado participle past
- murando gerund
- murada feminine participle past
- murados masculine participle past
- muradas feminine participle past
- muras indicative informal present
- murás indicative informal present
- mura indicative present singular
- muramos first-person indicative plural
- muráis indicative plural present
- muran indicative plural present
- muraba first-person imperfect indicative
- murabas imperfect indicative second-person
- murábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- murabais imperfect indicative plural
- muraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce murar?
- /muˈɾaɾ/
- [muˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to murar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is murar in Spanish?
murar appears about once in every 85 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).