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murmúrio

Portuguese, noun/muʁˈmu.ɾju/

murmúrio is spelled M-U-R-M-Ú-R-I-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 61,435th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Murmúrio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “murmuring, whispering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de murmurar”.

What does murmúrio mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemurmuring, whispering

  2. 2

    masculinegrumbling

  3. 3

    masculinerippling

  4. 4

    masculinerustling

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ato de murmurar

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 murmúrio

  • murmúrios plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce murmúrio?

  • Brazil /muʁˈmu.ɾju/
  • Brazil [muɦˈmu.ɾju]
  • /muɾˈmu.ɾju/

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

English words that translate to murmúrio

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

How common is murmúrio in Portuguese?

murmúrio appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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