muar

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈaɾ/ [muˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: mu‧ar

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

• muiñar, muñar

Verb

muar (first-person singular present múo, first-person singular preterite muei, past participle muado)
muar (first-person singular present muo, first-person singular preterite muei, past participle muado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to moo

   Synonym: bruar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of muar (u becomes ú when stressed)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	muar
Personal	muar	muares	muar	muarmos	muardes	muaren
Gerund
	muando
Past participle
Masculine	muado			muados
Feminine	muada			muadas
Indicative
Present	múo	múas	múa	muamos	muades	múan
Imperfect	muaba	muabas	muaba	muabamos	muabades	muaban
Preterite	muei	muaches	muou	muamos	muastes	muaron
Pluperfect	muara	muaras	muara	muaramos	muarades	muaran
Future	muarei	muarás	muará	muaremos	muaredes	muarán
Conditional	muaría	muarías	muaría	muariamos	muariades	muarían
Subjunctive
Present	múe	múes	múe	muemos	muedes	múen
Imperfect	muase	muases	muase	muásemos	muásedes	muasen
Future	muar	muares	muar	muarmos	muardes	muaren
Imperative
Affirmative		múa	múe	muemos	muade	múen
Negative (non)		non múes	non múe	non muemos	non muedes	non múen

    Reintegrated conjugation of muar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	muar
Personal	muar	muares	muar	muarmos	muardes	muarem
Gerund
	muando
Past participle
Masculine	muado			muados
Feminine	muada			muadas
Indicative
Present	muo	muas	mua	muamos	muades, muais	muam
Imperfect	muava	muavas	muava	muávamos	muávades, muáveis, muávais1	muavam
Preterite	muei	muaste, muache1	muou	muamos	muastes	muárom, muaram
Pluperfect	muara	muaras	muara	muáramos	muárades, muáreis, muárais1	muaram
Future	muarei	muarás	muará	muaremos	muaredes, muareis	muarám, muarão
Conditional	muaria	muarias	muaria	muaríamos	muaríades, muaríeis, muaríais1	muariam
Subjunctive
Present	mue	mues	mue	muemos	muedes, mueis	muem
Imperfect	muasse	muasses	muasse	muássemos	muássedes, muásseis	muassem
Future	muar	muares	muar	muarmos	muardes	muarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mua	mue	muemos	muade, muai	muem
Negative (nom)		nom mues	nom mue	nom muemos	nom muedes, nom mueis	nom muem

¹Less recommended.

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin mūlāris, adjectival form of mūlus (“mule”).

Adjective

muar m or f (plural muares)

1. (archaic) relative or belonging to the mules

   Synonym: mular

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “muar”, 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), “muar”, 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), “muar”, 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), “muar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “muar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese muar, from Latin mūlāris, adjectival form of mūlus (“mule”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈa(ʁ)/ [muˈa(h)], (faster) /ˈmwa(ʁ)/ [ˈmwa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈa(ʁ)/ [muˈa(h)], (faster) /ˈmwa(ʁ)/ [ˈmwa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /muˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /ˈmwa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /muˈa(ʁ)/ [muˈa(χ)], (faster) /ˈmwa(ʁ)/ [ˈmwa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /muˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /ˈmwa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmwaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmwaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmwa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: mu‧ar

Noun

muar m (plural muares)

1. mule (offspring of male donkey and female horse)

   Synonym: mulo

Further reading

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