Meaning
to murmur, to whisper
- to mutter, to grumble
- to talk (to speak ill, as in "people will talk")
In a sentence
Mi ha mormorato un segreto all'orecchio.
He whispered a secret in my ear.
Perché mormori sempre quando qualcosa va male?
Why do you always mutter when something goes wrong?
Se uscite insieme, la gente mormora.
If you go out together, people talk.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| mormorare | infinitive |
| mormoriamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| mormoro | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| mormorate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mormori | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mormorano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mormora | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mormoravamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mormoravo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mormoravate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mormoravi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mormoravano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mormorava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mormorammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| mormorai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| mormoraste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| mormorasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| mormorarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| mormorò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| mormoreremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| mormorerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| mormorerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| mormorerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| mormoreranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| mormorerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| mormoriamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| mormori | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| mormoriate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mormori | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mormorino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mormori | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mormorassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| mormorassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| mormoraste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| mormorassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| mormorassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mormorasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| mormoreremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| mormorerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| mormorereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| mormoreresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| mormorerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mormorerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| mormoriamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| mormorate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| mormora | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| mormorando | gerund |
| mormorato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use sussurrare for a deliberate whisper to someone; mormorare often suggests low, unclear, or half-audible speech.
- For complaining under your breath, mormorare fits better than lamentarsi, which sounds more explicit and open.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ha mormorato. Reflexive mormorarsi is uncommon and sounds literary.