amurar

Probably from murar (“to wall”).

• IPA^(key): [amuˈɾaɾ]

amurar (first-person singular present amuro, first-person singular preterite amurei, past participle amurado)

1. (nautical) to tack (sail against the wind)

• amura

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “amurar”, 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), “amurar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “amurar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “amurar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Latin mūrāre.

• Hyphenation: a‧mu‧rar

amurar (first-person singular present amuro, first-person singular preterite amurei, past participle amurado)

1. to wall (enclose by surrounding with walls)

   Synonyms: amuralhar, murar

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

• IPA^(key): /amuˈɾaɾ/ [a.muˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧mu‧rar

Uncertain. Likely either derived from Italian murare or French amurer.

amurar (first-person singular present amuro, first-person singular preterite amuré, past participle amurado)

1. (nautical) to tack (sail against the wind)

Derived from Ligurian amurrâ (“aground”).

amurar (first-person singular present amuro, first-person singular preterite amuré, past participle amurado)

1. (Rioplatense, figurative, transitive) to strand (to leave someone in a difficult situation)

• “amurar”, 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