morar

morar

1. (intransitive) to reside; to dwell; to abide

   Synonym: vivir

• “morar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “morar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

• mœrar, mœirar, maürar, mavurar, muerar (dialectal)
• mèurar, mavurèr (Valdôtain)

Inherited from Latin mātūrāre.

morar (ORB, broad)

1. to mature

• môr

• morar in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• morar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

From Old Galician-Portuguese morar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably borrowed^[1] from Latin morārī.

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾaɾ/

morar (first-person singular present moro, first-person singular preterite morei, past participle morado)

1. (intransitive) to live, reside, dwell
2. (intransitive, of children) to play housework

• morada
• morador

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “morar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “morar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “morar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Spanish morar, probably borrowed from Latin morārī.

morar (Hebrew spelling מוראר)^[1]

1. (intransitive) to reside; to dwell; to abide

   Synonyms: abitar, bivir, rezidir

   • 1997, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[1], numbers 56–58, page 55:

     En otro blok del kampo agora 'sta morando.

     The market square resides on another block of the camp.

Probably borrowed from Latin morārī.^[1]

morar

1. (intransitive) to reside; to dwell; to abide
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Xeral Historia [General Story], translation of General Estoria (in Old Spanish); republished as Ramón Martínez López, editor, General Estoria: versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, 1963, page 200:

     Et deste Ysmael vierom outrosy os barbaros gazules, et genetes, et todas las maneyras de alaraues daqueles que moram [em] tẽdas et nõ querem morar em casas […]

     And likewise came Ishmael’s Arab barbarians, knights, and all kinds of Arabs from those who dwell in shops and will not to reside in houses.

• Galician: morar
• Portuguese: morar

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “morar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “morar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “morar”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

Probably borrowed from Latin morārī.^[1]

morar

1. (intransitive) to reside; to dwell; to abide
   • c. 1280, Alfonso X, General Estoria, tercera parte, (published by Pedro Sánchez-Prieto Borja and Bautista Horcajada Diezma, 1994, Madrid: Gredos, page 344):

     […] e si respuende que non quier con el morar & que quiere maldizer el nonbre de Jhesu Cristo e lo quiere traer a la su carrera mala e a otro pecado mortal, dara la Iglesia a este otro licençia que case.

     [in the context of a man converted from Judaism to Christianity, regarding his Jewish wife] […] and if she replies that she wills not to live with him anymore, and that she is willing to curse the name of Jesus Christ and take him [back] to her bad ways or some other mortal sin, the Church shall give him a licence to [re]marry.

• Ladino: morar, מוראר
• Spanish: morar

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “morar”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 349

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese morar, probably borrowed from Latin morārī.^[1]

• Homophone: murar (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: mo‧rar

morar (first-person singular present moro, first-person singular preterite morei, past participle morado)

1. to live, reside (have permanent residence)

   Synonyms: habitar, residir, viver

2. (Brazil, slang, dated) to get it; to understand

   Você não manda em mim, morou? ― I don't take orders from you, got it?

• “morar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “morar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From moară +‎ -ar or from Latin molārius. Compare Aromanian murar, Spanish molero.

morar m (plural morari)

1. miller
2. mealworm

Inherited from Old Spanish morar, probably borrowed from Latin morārī.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾaɾ/ [moˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mo‧rar

morar (first-person singular present moro, first-person singular preterite moré, past participle morado)

1. (intransitive) to reside; to dwell; to abide

   Synonyms: vivir, habitar, residir

2. to sojourn
3. to indwell (+ en)

• “morar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025