morder

See also: mordéř and Mörder

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin mordēre.

Verb

morder

1. bite

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “morder”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin mordēre.

Verb

morder

1. bite

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• mordedor

Danish

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Etymology

From Old Norse morðari (“murderer”), from morð (“murder”), from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“die”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /morder/, [ˈmoɐ̯d̥ɐ]

Noun

morder c (singular definite morderen, plural indefinite mordere)

1. murderer, killer
2. assassin

Inflection

Declension of morder

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	morder	morderen	mordere	morderne
genitive	morders	morderens	morderes	mordernes

Derived terms

• morderisk
• morderske (“murderess”)

Related terms

• mord

References

• “morder” in Den Danske Ordbog

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese morder (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin mordēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moɾˈðeɾ]

Verb

morder (first-person singular present mordo, first-person singular preterite mordín, past participle mordido)
morder (first-person singular present mordo, first-person singular preterite mordim or mordi, past participle mordido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to bite, gnaw

   Synonym: trabar

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 623:

     Et os seus feytos uẽem morder et rroer et trauar ẽno bem et andar senpre escauando ẽno mal.

     And his deeds are always biting and gnawing and clamping in the good and to always go about digging in the evil

Conjugation

    Conjugation of morder

	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	morder
Personal	morder	morderes	morder	mordermos	morderdes	morderen
Gerund
	mordendo
Past participle
Masculine	mordido			mordidos
Feminine	mordida			mordidas
Indicative
Present	mordo	mordes	morde	mordemos	mordedes	morden
Imperfect	mordía	mordías	mordía	mordiamos	mordiades	mordían
Preterite	mordín	mordiches	mordeu	mordemos	mordestes	morderon
Pluperfect	mordera	morderas	mordera	morderamos	morderades	morderan
Future	morderei	morderás	morderá	morderemos	morderedes	morderán
Conditional	mordería	morderías	mordería	morderiamos	morderiades	morderían
Subjunctive
Present	morda	mordas	morda	mordamos	mordades	mordan
Imperfect	mordese	mordeses	mordese	mordésemos	mordésedes	mordesen
Future	morder	morderes	morder	mordermos	morderdes	morderen
Imperative
Affirmative		morde	morda	mordamos	mordede	mordan
Negative (non)		non mordas	non morda	non mordamos	non mordades	non mordan

    Reintegrated conjugation of morder (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	morder
Personal	morder	morderes	morder	mordermos	morderdes	morderem
Gerund
	mordendo
Past participle
Masculine	mordido			mordidos
Feminine	mordida			mordidas
Indicative
Present	mordo	mordes	morde	mordemos	mordedes, mordeis	mordem
Imperfect	mordia	mordias	mordia	mordíamos	mordíades, mordíeis, mordíais1	mordiam
Preterite	mordim, mordi	mordeste, mordeche1	mordeu	mordemos	mordestes	mordêrom, morderam
Pluperfect	mordera	morderas	mordera	mordêramos	mordêrades, mordêreis, mordêrais1	morderam
Future	morderei	morderás	morderá	morderemos	morderedes, mordereis	morderám, morderão
Conditional	morderia	morderias	morderia	morderíamos	morderíades, morderíeis, morderíais1	morderiam
Subjunctive
Present	morda	mordas	morda	mordamos	mordades, mordais	mordam
Imperfect	mordesse	mordesses	mordesse	mordêssemos	mordêssedes, mordêsseis	mordessem
Future	morder	morderes	morder	mordermos	morderdes	morderem
Imperative
Affirmative		morde	morda	mordamos	mordede, mordei	mordam
Negative (nom)		nom mordas	nom morda	nom mordamos	nom mordades, nom mordais	nom mordam

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• mordedura
• mordente
• mordida

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse morðari.

Noun

morder m (definite singular morderen, indefinite plural mordere, definite plural morderne)

1. murderer

Derived terms

• morderisk
• morderske (“murderess”)

Related terms

• mord

See also

• mordar (Nynorsk)

References

• “morder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese morder, from Latin mordēre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈde(ʁ)/ [moɦˈde(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁˈde(ʁ)/ [moɦˈde(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moɾˈde(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʁˈde(ʁ)/ [moʁˈde(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moɻˈde(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾˈdeɾ/ [muɾˈðeɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾˈdeɾ/ [muɾˈðeɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾˈde.ɾi/ [muɾˈðe.ɾi]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: mor‧der

Verb

morder (first-person singular present mordo, first-person singular preterite mordi, past participle mordido)

1. to bite, nip
2. to gnaw
3. to bite (to behave aggressively; to reject advances)

   Se me vires, vem dizer olá. Eu não mordo.

   If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite.

4. (Internet slang) to believe an Internet bait or similar misleading publication

Conjugation

    Conjugation of morder (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	morder
Personal	morder	morderes	morder	mordermos	morderdes	morderem
Gerund
	mordendo
Past participle
Masculine	mordido			mordidos
Feminine	mordida			mordidas
Indicative
Present	mordo	mordes	morde	mordemos	mordeis	mordem
Imperfect	mordia	mordias	mordia	mordíamos	mordíeis	mordiam
Preterite	mordi	mordeste	mordeu	mordemos	mordestes	morderam
Pluperfect	mordera	morderas	mordera	mordêramos	mordêreis	morderam
Future	morderei	morderás	morderá	morderemos	mordereis	morderão
Conditional	morderia	morderias	morderia	morderíamos	morderíeis	morderiam
Subjunctive
Present	morda	mordas	morda	mordamos	mordais	mordam
Imperfect	mordesse	mordesses	mordesse	mordêssemos	mordêsseis	mordessem
Future	morder	morderes	morder	mordermos	morderdes	morderem
Imperative
Affirmative		morde	morda	mordamos	mordei	mordam
Negative (não)		não mordas	não morda	não mordamos	não mordais	não mordam

Related terms

• mordedura
• mordida
• mordidela

Further reading

• “morder”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “morder”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mordēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moɾˈdeɾ/ [moɾˈð̞eɾ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: mor‧der

Verb

morder (first-person singular present muerdo, first-person singular preterite mordí, past participle mordido)

1. to bite, nip
2. to gnaw

   Synonym: roer

3. to grasp, clutch
4. to wear away, to wear down
5. to corrode (i.e., acid on metal)
6. to criticize, run down, gossip about, find fault with

Conjugation

    Conjugation of morder (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			morder
gerund			mordiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mordido		mordida
		plural		mordidos		mordidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	muerdo	muerdestú mordésvos	muerde	mordemos	mordéis	muerden
	imperfect	mordía	mordías	mordía	mordíamos	mordíais	mordían
	preterite	mordí	mordiste	mordió	mordimos	mordisteis	mordieron
	future	morderé	morderás	morderá	morderemos	morderéis	morderán
	conditional	mordería	morderías	mordería	morderíamos	morderíais	morderían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	muerda	muerdastú mordásvos2	muerda	mordamos	mordáis	muerdan
	imperfect (ra)	mordiera	mordieras	mordiera	mordiéramos	mordierais	mordieran
	imperfect (se)	mordiese	mordieses	mordiese	mordiésemos	mordieseis	mordiesen
	future1	mordiere	mordieres	mordiere	mordiéremos	mordiereis	mordieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		muerdetú mordévos	muerda	mordamos	morded	muerdan
	negative		no muerdas	no muerda	no mordamos	no mordáis	no muerdan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of morder (o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive morder	dative	morderme	morderte	morderle, morderse	mordernos	morderos	morderles, morderse
	accusative	morderme	morderte	morderlo, morderla, morderse	mordernos	morderos	morderlos, morderlas, morderse
with gerund mordiendo	dative	mordiéndome	mordiéndote	mordiéndole, mordiéndose	mordiéndonos	mordiéndoos	mordiéndoles, mordiéndose
	accusative	mordiéndome	mordiéndote	mordiéndolo, mordiéndola, mordiéndose	mordiéndonos	mordiéndoos	mordiéndolos, mordiéndolas, mordiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative muerde	dative	muérdeme	muérdete	muérdele	muérdenos	not used	muérdeles
	accusative	muérdeme	muérdete	muérdelo, muérdela	muérdenos	not used	muérdelos, muérdelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative mordé	dative	mordeme	mordete	mordele	mordenos	not used	mordeles
	accusative	mordeme	mordete	mordelo, mordela	mordenos	not used	mordelos, mordelas
with formal second-person singular imperative muerda	dative	muérdame	not used	muérdale, muérdase	muérdanos	not used	muérdales
	accusative	muérdame	not used	muérdalo, muérdala, muérdase	muérdanos	not used	muérdalos, muérdalas
with first-person plural imperative mordamos	dative	not used	mordámoste	mordámosle	mordámonos	mordámoos	mordámosles
	accusative	not used	mordámoste	mordámoslo, mordámosla	mordámonos	mordámoos	mordámoslos, mordámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative morded	dative	mordedme	not used	mordedle	mordednos	mordeos	mordedles
	accusative	mordedme	not used	mordedlo, mordedla	mordednos	mordeos	mordedlos, mordedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative muerdan	dative	muérdanme	not used	muérdanle	muérdannos	not used	muérdanles, muérdanse
	accusative	muérdanme	not used	muérdanlo, muérdanla	muérdannos	not used	muérdanlos, muérdanlas, muérdanse

Derived terms

• ladrar pero no morder
• morder el polvo
• morder la bala
• morder la mano que te da de comer
• muerdealmohadas
• perro que ladra no muerde
• pescadilla que se muerde la cola
• si es un perro, muerde

Related terms

• mordedura
• mordida
• mordisco

Further reading

• “morder”, 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