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morir

Spanish, verb/moˈɾiɾ/

morir is a Spanish verb meaning “to die” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Llegar al fin de la vida propia. Dejar de estar vivo”.

What does morir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to die

    La caballerosidad no ha muerto.

  2. 2

    to be dying (for, to)

  3. 3

    to end, to flow into something (a road, river, etc.)

  4. 4

    to kill

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Llegar al fin de la vida propia. Dejar de estar vivo. 2. Llegar un proceso a su conclusión. 3. Popularmente, estropearse algo de tal manera que no puede ofrecer ningún uso útil, especialmente cuando es de forma irreparable. 4. Dicho de una empresa, dejar de operar definitivamente ya sea por quiebra o por sanciones.

verb: 1. Matar

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 morir

  • muero first-person present singular
  • morí first-person preterite singular
  • muerto participle past
  • o-ue-u alternation
  • muriendo gerund
  • muerta feminine participle past
  • muertos masculine participle past
  • muertas feminine participle past
  • mueres indicative informal present
  • morís indicative informal present
  • muere indicative present singular
  • morimos first-person indicative plural
  • mueren indicative plural present
  • moría first-person imperfect indicative
  • morías imperfect indicative second-person
  • moríamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • moríais imperfect indicative plural
  • morían imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce morir?

  • /moˈɾiɾ/
  • [moˈɾiɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to morir

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is morir in Spanish?

morir appears 71 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).