morir

/moˈɾiɾ/ · A1 · verb

to die

🪦 morir = Latin mori, to die — same root as mortal and mortuary

From Latin mori (to die), the root behind English mortal, mortuary and morgue. Spanish extends it: morirse de hambre is to be dying of hunger, and a road or river that ends somewhere is also said to morir there.

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