morrer
Portuguese, verb/moˈʁe(ʁ)/
morrer is spelled M-O-R-R-E-R (6 letters) and appears 132 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Morrer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to die (to stop living)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perder a vida; falecer”.
What does morrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to die (to stop living)
Milhares morreram na guerra.
- 2
to die; to break down (to stop working)
O carro não liga, acho que morreu.
- 3
to be dead to (to lose all social ties with)
Se tu/você te/se casar(es) com ele, morrerá(s) para a nossa família.
- 4
to die; to die out (to cease to exist)
Os dinossauros morreram na pré-história.
- 5
to feel to an extreme degree
Estou a morrer/morrendo de fome e de frio!
- 6
to die at (to not go past a given value)
O jogo morreu no zero a zero.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. perder a vida; falecer 2. cansar-se demasiadamente até a exaustão 3. parar de funcionar 4. deixar de funcionar em definitivo
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 morrer
- morro first-person present singular
- morri first-person preterite singular
- morrido participle past
- morto participle past short-form
- morreres infinitive second-person singular
- morrermos first-person infinitive plural
- morrerdes infinitive plural second-person
- morrerem infinitive plural third-person
- morrendo gerund
- mortos masculine participle past
- morta feminine participle past
- mortas feminine participle past
- morridos long-form masculine participle
- morrida feminine long-form participle
- morridas feminine long-form participle
- morres indicative present second-person
- morre indicative present singular
- morremos first-person indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce morrer?
- Brazil /moˈʁe(ʁ)/
- Brazil [moˈhe(h)]
- /moˈʁe(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 morrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is morrer in Portuguese?
morrer appears 132 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).