sussurrar
Portuguese, verb/su.suˈʁa(ʁ)/
sussurrar is spelled S-U-S-S-U-R-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,254th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sussurrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to whisper, murmur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer sussurro”.
What does sussurrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whisper, murmur
Tom sussurrou algo a Maria.
- 2
to rustle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer sussurro 2. murmurar 3. segredar
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 sussurrar
- sussurro first-person present singular
- sussurrei first-person preterite singular
- sussurrado participle past
- sussurrares infinitive second-person singular
- sussurrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- sussurrardes infinitive plural second-person
- sussurrarem infinitive plural third-person
- sussurrando gerund
- sussurrados masculine participle past
- sussurrada feminine participle past
- sussurradas feminine participle past
- sussurras indicative present second-person
- sussurra indicative present singular
- sussurramos first-person indicative plural
- sussurrais indicative plural present
- sussurram indicative plural present
- sussurrava first-person imperfect indicative
- sussurravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sussurrar?
- Brazil /su.suˈʁa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [su.suˈha(h)]
- /su.suˈʁa(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 sussurrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sussurrar in Portuguese?
sussurrar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).