morar
Portuguese, verb/moˈɾa(ʁ)/
morar is spelled M-O-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,936th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Morar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to live, reside (have permanent residence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “habitar, viver, ter estabelecido residência”.
What does morar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to live, reside (have permanent residence)
- 2
Brazildatedslangto get it; to understand
Você não manda em mim, morou?
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. habitar, viver, ter estabelecido residência
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo morar 2. terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo morar 3. infinitivo pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do verbo morar 4. infinitivo pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular do verbo morar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of morar
- moro first-person present singular
- morei first-person preterite singular
- morado participle past
- morares infinitive second-person singular
- morarmos first-person infinitive plural
- morardes infinitive plural second-person
- morarem infinitive plural third-person
- morando gerund
- morados masculine participle past
- morada feminine participle past
- moradas feminine participle past
- moras indicative present second-person
- mora indicative present singular
- moramos first-person indicative plural
- morais indicative plural present
- moram indicative plural present
- morava first-person imperfect indicative
- moravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce morar?
- Brazil /moˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [moˈɾa(h)]
- /moˈɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to morar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is morar in Portuguese?
morar appears 30 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).