murmurar
Portuguese, verb/muʁ.muˈɾa(ʁ)/
murmurar is spelled M-U-R-M-U-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 58,415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Murmurar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to murmur, whisper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dizer em voz baixa”.
What does murmurar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to murmur, whisper
- 2
to mutter, grumble
- 3
to ripple
- 4
to rustle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dizer em voz baixa 2. segredar 3. sussurrar
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 murmurar
- murmuro first-person present singular
- murmurei first-person preterite singular
- murmurado participle past
- murmurares infinitive second-person singular
- murmurarmos first-person infinitive plural
- murmurardes infinitive plural second-person
- murmurarem infinitive plural third-person
- murmurando gerund
- murmurados masculine participle past
- murmurada feminine participle past
- murmuradas feminine participle past
- murmuras indicative present second-person
- murmura indicative present singular
- murmuramos first-person indicative plural
- murmurais indicative plural present
- murmuram indicative plural present
- murmurava first-person imperfect indicative
- murmuravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce murmurar?
- Brazil /muʁ.muˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [muɦ.muˈɾa(h)]
- /muɾ.muˈɾa(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 murmurar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is murmurar in Portuguese?
murmurar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).