marrar

See also: märrar

Catalan

Etymology

Modification of earlier marrir (“to sadden”) < Frankish *marʀijan < Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb; hinder; impede”). Influenced in form by errar (“to miss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈraɾ]

Verb

marrar (first-person singular present marro, first-person singular preterite marrí, past participle marrat)

1. (intransitive) to detour
2. (transitive) to miss, to take a wrong turn

Conjugation

    Conjugation of marrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			marrar
gerund			marrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		marrat		marrada
		plural		marrats		marrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	marro	marres	marra	marrem	marreu	marren
	imperfect	marrava	marraves	marrava	marràvem	marràveu	marraven
	future	marraré	marraràs	marrarà	marrarem	marrareu	marraran
	preterite	marrí	marrares	marrà	marràrem	marràreu	marraren
	conditional	marraria	marraries	marraria	marraríem	marraríeu	marrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	marri	marris	marri	marrem	marreu	marrin
	imperfect	marrés	marressis	marrés	marréssim	marréssiu	marressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	marra	marri	marrem	marreu	marrin
	negative (no)	—	no marris	no marri	no marrem	no marreu	no marrin

Derived terms

• marrada

Further reading

• “marrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From West West Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb; hinder; impede”): compare Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan), German merren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈraɾ/

Verb

marrar (first-person singular present marro, first-person singular preterite marrei, past participle marrado)

1. (transitive) to lack
   • 1807, anonymous author, Segundo diálogo dos esterqueiros:

     ben dicen alí que cando un home ten un bocado, nunca lle marran amigos. Dou ó Demo a casta deles Si non sirven para máis.

     wisely they say that a man which has food never is short of friends. I send to hell their kind if they are good for nothing else

   • 1846, Vicente Turnes, Aos augustos desposorios de Isabel II:

     Decote acarón da casa,
     Vemos cousas á ó revés;
     E non marran enxangadas
     Que nos fan doer as siés.

     Daily by our house
     We see thing upside down
     And there's no lack of jams
     that make our temples hurt

2. (intransitive) to miss, fail
   • 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: CSIC:

     meteu mão a espada, e en coydandoo de matar, marroo e doulle ẽno cavalo

     He draw the sword, and while trying to kill him, he missed and hit the horse

   • 1436, Xesús Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 404:

     do dia que a dar feita e posta ena ágoa, que seja vista ata triinta dias primeiros sigentes por los ditos ofiçiáas se algua cousa en ela marra

     from the day [the ship] is finished and launched into the water, it should be verified by the aforementioned officials for as much as the thirty following days to see if something fails

Conjugation

    Conjugation of marrar

	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	marrar
Personal	marrar	marrares	marrar	marrarmos	marrardes	marraren
Gerund
	marrando
Past participle
Masculine	marrado			marrados
Feminine	marrada			marradas
Indicative
Present	marro	marras	marra	marramos	marrades	marran
Imperfect	marraba	marrabas	marraba	marrabamos	marrabades	marraban
Preterite	marrei	marraches	marrou	marramos	marrastes	marraron
Pluperfect	marrara	marraras	marrara	marraramos	marrarades	marraran
Future	marrarei	marrarás	marrará	marraremos	marraredes	marrarán
Conditional	marraría	marrarías	marraría	marrariamos	marrariades	marrarían
Subjunctive
Present	marre	marres	marre	marremos	marredes	marren
Imperfect	marrase	marrases	marrase	marrásemos	marrásedes	marrasen
Future	marrar	marrares	marrar	marrarmos	marrardes	marraren
Imperative
Affirmative		marra	marre	marremos	marrade	marren
Negative (non)		non marres	non marre	non marremos	non marredes	non marren

    Reintegrated conjugation of marrar (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	marrar
Personal	marrar	marrares	marrar	marrarmos	marrardes	marrarem
Gerund
	marrando
Past participle
Masculine	marrado			marrados
Feminine	marrada			marradas
Indicative
Present	marro	marras	marra	marramos	marrades, marrais	marram
Imperfect	marrava	marravas	marrava	marrávamos	marrávades, marráveis, marrávais1	marravam
Preterite	marrei	marraste, marrache1	marrou	marramos	marrastes	marrárom, marraram
Pluperfect	marrara	marraras	marrara	marráramos	marrárades, marráreis, marrárais1	marraram
Future	marrarei	marrarás	marrará	marraremos	marraredes, marrareis	marrarám, marrarão
Conditional	marraria	marrarias	marraria	marraríamos	marraríades, marraríeis, marraríais1	marrariam
Subjunctive
Present	marre	marres	marre	marremos	marredes, marreis	marrem
Imperfect	marrasse	marrasses	marrasse	marrássemos	marrássedes, marrásseis	marrassem
Future	marrar	marrares	marrar	marrarmos	marrardes	marrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		marra	marre	marremos	marrade, marrai	marrem
Negative (nom)		nom marres	nom marre	nom marremos	nom marredes, nom marreis	nom marrem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• marra (“lack, shortage”)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “marrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “marrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “marrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “marrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Alternative forms

• marrir (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *marzijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈraɾ/ [maˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧rrar

Verb

marrar (first-person singular present marro, first-person singular preterite marré, past participle marrado)

1. (transitive) to miss
2. (intransitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of marrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			marrar
gerund			marrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		marrado		marrada
		plural		marrados		marradas
		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	marro	marrastú marrásvos	marra	marramos	marráis	marran
	imperfect	marraba	marrabas	marraba	marrábamos	marrabais	marraban
	preterite	marré	marraste	marró	marramos	marrasteis	marraron
	future	marraré	marrarás	marrará	marraremos	marraréis	marrarán
	conditional	marraría	marrarías	marraría	marraríamos	marraríais	marrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	marre	marrestú marrésvos2	marre	marremos	marréis	marren
	imperfect (ra)	marrara	marraras	marrara	marráramos	marrarais	marraran
	imperfect (se)	marrase	marrases	marrase	marrásemos	marraseis	marrasen
	future1	marrare	marrares	marrare	marráremos	marrareis	marraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		marratú marrávos	marre	marremos	marrad	marren
	negative		no marres	no marre	no marremos	no marréis	no marren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• de marras

 

See also

• extrañar

Further reading

• “marrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10