susura

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin susurrō through French susurrer. The presence of shushuredz, shushurari in Aromanian prompted some to attribute it directly to Latin, though this is improbable, and the Aromanian is probably an onomatopoetic expression.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.suˈra/

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Verb

a susura (third-person singular present susură, past participle susurat) 1st conj.

1. to whisper

   Synonym: șopti

Conjugation

    conjugation of susura (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a susura
gerund			susurând
past participle			susurat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	susur	susuri	susură	susurăm	susurați	susură
	imperfect	susuram	susurai	susura	susuram	susurați	susurau
	simple perfect	susurai	susurași	susură	susurarăm	susurarăți	susurară
	pluperfect	susurasem	susuraseși	susurase	susuraserăm	susuraserăți	susuraseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să susur	să susuri	să susure	să susurăm	să susurați	să susure
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		susură			susurați
	negative		nu susura			nu susurați

Derived terms

• susur
• susurare

See also

• sufla
• murmura