mudar

English

Etymology

From Hindi मदार (madār).

Noun

mudar (uncountable)

1. Either of two milkweed-like shrubs, which yield a strong fibre and an acrid milky juice used medicinally:
   1. Calotropis gigantea (crown flower, giant milkweed)
   2. Calotropis procera (apple of Sodom)

Synonyms

• (Calotropis procera): madar, French cotton, calotropis, rubber bush, apple of Sodom, king's crown, roostertree

Anagrams

• Murad, mudra, mudrā

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin mūtāre.

Verb

mudar (first-person singular indicative present mudo, past participle mudáu)

1. to move (to change residence)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mudar

infinitive		mudar
gerund		mudando
past participle		m mudáu, f mudada, n mudao, m pl mudaos, f pl mudaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	mudo	mudes	muda	mudamos	mudáis	muden
	imperfect	mudaba	mudabes	mudaba	mudábemos, mudábamos	mudabeis, mudabais	mudaben
	preterite	mudé	mudasti, mudesti	mudó	mudemos	mudastis, mudestis	mudaron
	pluperfect	mudare, mudara	mudares, mudaras	mudare, mudara	mudáremos, mudáramos	mudareis, mudarais	mudaren, mudaran
	future	mudaré	mudarás	mudará	mudaremos	mudaréis	mudarán
	conditional	mudaría	mudaríes	mudaría	mudaríemos, mudaríamos	mudaríeis, mudaríais	mudaríen
subjunctive	present	mude	mudes, mudas	mude	mudemos	mudéis	muden, mudan
	imperfect	mudare, mudara	mudares, mudaras	mudare, mudara	mudáremos, mudáramos	mudareis, mudarais	mudaren, mudaran
imperative		—	muda	—	—	mudái	—

Related terms

• mudanza

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mudar, from Latin mūtāre. Doublet of mutar, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [muˈða]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [muˈðaɾ]

Verb

mudar (first-person singular present mudo, first-person singular preterite mudí, past participle mudat)

1. to change
2. to move from one home to another
3. to dress very well

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mudar (first conjugation)

infinitive			mudar
gerund			mudant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mudat		mudada
		plural		mudats		mudades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mudo	mudes	muda	mudem	mudeu	muden
	imperfect	mudava	mudaves	mudava	mudàvem	mudàveu	mudaven
	future	mudaré	mudaràs	mudarà	mudarem	mudareu	mudaran
	preterite	mudí	mudares	mudà	mudàrem	mudàreu	mudaren
	conditional	mudaria	mudaries	mudaria	mudaríem	mudaríeu	mudarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mudi	mudis	mudi	mudem	mudeu	mudin
	imperfect	mudés	mudessis	mudés	mudéssim	mudéssiu	mudessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	muda	mudi	mudem	mudeu	mudin
	negative (no)	—	no mudis	no mudi	no mudem	no mudeu	no mudin

Related terms

• moure
• mutar

References

• “mudar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mudar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mudar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mudar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mudar, from Latin mūtāre. Doublet of the reborrowed mutar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muˈðaɾ]

Verb

mudar (first-person singular present mudo, first-person singular preterite mudei, past participle mudado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to moult

   Synonym: esplumar

2. (transitive) to change

   Synonyms: cambiar, modificar, transformar

3. (pronominal) to move, to relocate (to settle into a new home)

   Synonyms: cambiar, modificar, transformar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mudar

	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	mudar
Personal	mudar	mudares	mudar	mudarmos	mudardes	mudaren
Gerund
	mudando
Past participle
Masculine	mudado			mudados
Feminine	mudada			mudadas
Indicative
Present	mudo	mudas	muda	mudamos	mudades	mudan
Imperfect	mudaba	mudabas	mudaba	mudabamos	mudabades	mudaban
Preterite	mudei	mudaches	mudou	mudamos	mudastes	mudaron
Pluperfect	mudara	mudaras	mudara	mudaramos	mudarades	mudaran
Future	mudarei	mudarás	mudará	mudaremos	mudaredes	mudarán
Conditional	mudaría	mudarías	mudaría	mudariamos	mudariades	mudarían
Subjunctive
Present	mude	mudes	mude	mudemos	mudedes	muden
Imperfect	mudase	mudases	mudase	mudásemos	mudásedes	mudasen
Future	mudar	mudares	mudar	mudarmos	mudardes	mudaren
Imperative
Affirmative		muda	mude	mudemos	mudade	muden
Negative (non)		non mudes	non mude	non mudemos	non mudedes	non muden

    Reintegrated conjugation of mudar (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	mudar
Personal	mudar	mudares	mudar	mudarmos	mudardes	mudarem
Gerund
	mudando
Past participle
Masculine	mudado			mudados
Feminine	mudada			mudadas
Indicative
Present	mudo	mudas	muda	mudamos	mudades, mudais	mudam
Imperfect	mudava	mudavas	mudava	mudávamos	mudávades, mudáveis, mudávais1	mudavam
Preterite	mudei	mudaste, mudache1	mudou	mudamos	mudastes	mudárom, mudaram
Pluperfect	mudara	mudaras	mudara	mudáramos	mudárades, mudáreis, mudárais1	mudaram
Future	mudarei	mudarás	mudará	mudaremos	mudaredes, mudareis	mudarám, mudarão
Conditional	mudaria	mudarias	mudaria	mudaríamos	mudaríades, mudaríeis, mudaríais1	mudariam
Subjunctive
Present	mude	mudes	mude	mudemos	mudedes, mudeis	mudem
Imperfect	mudasse	mudasses	mudasse	mudássemos	mudássedes, mudásseis	mudassem
Future	mudar	mudares	mudar	mudarmos	mudardes	mudarem
Imperative
Affirmative		muda	mude	mudemos	mudade, mudai	mudem
Negative (nom)		nom mudes	nom mude	nom mudemos	nom mudedes, nom mudeis	nom mudem

¹Less recommended.

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mudar, from Latin mūtāre. Doublet of the reborrowed mutar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈdaɾ/ [muˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈdaɾ/ [muˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈda.ɾi/ [muˈða.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: mu‧dar

Verb

mudar (first-person singular present mudo, first-person singular preterite mudei, past participle mudado)

1. to change (to become or cause to become something different)

   Synonyms: alterar, modificar, mutar, transformar

   Mudei os meus planos.

   I changed my plans.

2. (pronominal) to move, to relocate (to settle into a new home)

   Synonym: deslocar

   Eles mudaram-se de casa.

   They moved house.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mudar (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	mudar
Personal	mudar	mudares	mudar	mudarmos	mudardes	mudarem
Gerund
	mudando
Past participle
Masculine	mudado			mudados
Feminine	mudada			mudadas
Indicative
Present	mudo	mudas	muda	mudamos	mudais	mudam
Imperfect	mudava	mudavas	mudava	mudávamos	mudáveis	mudavam
Preterite	mudei	mudaste	mudou	mudamos1, mudámos2	mudastes	mudaram
Pluperfect	mudara	mudaras	mudara	mudáramos	mudáreis	mudaram
Future	mudarei	mudarás	mudará	mudaremos	mudareis	mudarão
Conditional	mudaria	mudarias	mudaria	mudaríamos	mudaríeis	mudariam
Subjunctive
Present	mude	mudes	mude	mudemos	mudeis	mudem
Imperfect	mudasse	mudasses	mudasse	mudássemos	mudásseis	mudassem
Future	mudar	mudares	mudar	mudarmos	mudardes	mudarem
Imperative
Affirmative		muda	mude	mudemos	mudai	mudem
Negative (não)		não mudes	não mude	não mudemos	não mudeis	não mudem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mudar.

Derived terms

• mudável

Related terms

• mover
• muda
• mudadiço
• mudado
• mudador
• mudança
• mudancismo
• mudancista
• mudavelmente

 

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫdrъ. Cognate with Greek μαθαίνω (mathaíno), German munter, and Czech moudrý.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǔːdar/
• Hyphenation: mu‧dar

Adjective

múdar (Cyrillic spelling му́дар, definite mȗdrī, comparative mudriji)

1. wise

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		mudar	mudra	mudro
genitive		mudra	mudre	mudra
dative		mudru	mudroj	mudru
accusative	inanimate animate	mudar mudra	mudru	mudro
vocative		mudar	mudra	mudro
locative		mudru	mudroj	mudru
instrumental		mudrim	mudrom	mudrim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		mudri	mudre	mudra
genitive		mudrih	mudrih	mudrih
dative		mudrim(a)	mudrim(a)	mudrim(a)
accusative		mudre	mudre	mudra
vocative		mudri	mudre	mudra
locative		mudrim(a)	mudrim(a)	mudrim(a)
instrumental		mudrim(a)	mudrim(a)	mudrim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		mudri	mudra	mudro
genitive		mudrog(a)	mudre	mudrog(a)
dative		mudrom(u/e)	mudroj	mudrom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	mudri mudrog(a)	mudru	mudro
vocative		mudri	mudra	mudro
locative		mudrom(e/u)	mudroj	mudrom(e/u)
instrumental		mudrim	mudrom	mudrim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		mudri	mudre	mudra
genitive		mudrih	mudrih	mudrih
dative		mudrim(a)	mudrim(a)	mudrim(a)
accusative		mudre	mudre	mudra
vocative		mudri	mudre	mudra
locative		mudrim(a)	mudrim(a)	mudrim(a)
instrumental		mudrim(a)	mudrim(a)	mudrim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		mudriji	mudrija	mudrije
genitive		mudrijeg(a)	mudrije	mudrijeg(a)
dative		mudrijem(u)	mudrijoj	mudrijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	mudriji mudrijeg(a)	mudriju	mudrije
vocative		mudriji	mudrija	mudrije
locative		mudrijem(u)	mudrijoj	mudrijem(u)
instrumental		mudrijim	mudrijom	mudrijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		mudriji	mudrije	mudrija
genitive		mudrijih	mudrijih	mudrijih
dative		mudrijim(a)	mudrijim(a)	mudrijim(a)
accusative		mudrije	mudrije	mudrija
vocative		mudriji	mudrije	mudrija
locative		mudrijim(a)	mudrijim(a)	mudrijim(a)
instrumental		mudrijim(a)	mudrijim(a)	mudrijim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najmudriji	najmudrija	najmudrije
genitive		najmudrijeg(a)	najmudrije	najmudrijeg(a)
dative		najmudrijem(u)	najmudrijoj	najmudrijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najmudriji najmudrijeg(a)	najmudriju	najmudrije
vocative		najmudriji	najmudrija	najmudrije
locative		najmudrijem(u)	najmudrijoj	najmudrijem(u)
instrumental		najmudrijim	najmudrijom	najmudrijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najmudriji	najmudrije	najmudrija
genitive		najmudrijih	najmudrijih	najmudrijih
dative		najmudrijim(a)	najmudrijim(a)	najmudrijim(a)
accusative		najmudrije	najmudrije	najmudrija
vocative		najmudriji	najmudrije	najmudrija
locative		najmudrijim(a)	najmudrijim(a)	najmudrijim(a)
instrumental		najmudrijim(a)	najmudrijim(a)	najmudrijim(a)

Further reading

• “mudar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈdaɾ/ [muˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mu‧dar

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish mudar, from Latin mutāre. Doublet of the borrowed mutar. Cognate with English moult. Compare English mutate.

Verb

mudar (first-person singular present mudo, first-person singular preterite mudé, past participle mudado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to move, relocate, move to a new house
2. (transitive, reflexive) to change, alter, vary
3. (transitive, reflexive) to convert
4. (reflexive) to shed, molt
5. (reflexive) to change one's clothes

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mudar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mudar
gerund			mudando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mudado		mudada
		plural		mudados		mudadas
		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	mudo	mudastú mudásvos	muda	mudamos	mudáis	mudan
	imperfect	mudaba	mudabas	mudaba	mudábamos	mudabais	mudaban
	preterite	mudé	mudaste	mudó	mudamos	mudasteis	mudaron
	future	mudaré	mudarás	mudará	mudaremos	mudaréis	mudarán
	conditional	mudaría	mudarías	mudaría	mudaríamos	mudaríais	mudarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mude	mudestú mudésvos2	mude	mudemos	mudéis	muden
	imperfect (ra)	mudara	mudaras	mudara	mudáramos	mudarais	mudaran
	imperfect (se)	mudase	mudases	mudase	mudásemos	mudaseis	mudasen
	future1	mudare	mudares	mudare	mudáremos	mudareis	mudaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mudatú mudávos	mude	mudemos	mudad	muden
	negative		no mudes	no mude	no mudemos	no mudéis	no muden

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

    Selected combined forms of mudar

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 mudar	dative	mudarme	mudarte	mudarle, mudarse	mudarnos	mudaros	mudarles, mudarse
	accusative	mudarme	mudarte	mudarlo, mudarla, mudarse	mudarnos	mudaros	mudarlos, mudarlas, mudarse
with gerund mudando	dative	mudándome	mudándote	mudándole, mudándose	mudándonos	mudándoos	mudándoles, mudándose
	accusative	mudándome	mudándote	mudándolo, mudándola, mudándose	mudándonos	mudándoos	mudándolos, mudándolas, mudándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative muda	dative	múdame	múdate	múdale	múdanos	not used	múdales
	accusative	múdame	múdate	múdalo, múdala	múdanos	not used	múdalos, múdalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mudá	dative	mudame	mudate	mudale	mudanos	not used	mudales
	accusative	mudame	mudate	mudalo, mudala	mudanos	not used	mudalos, mudalas
with formal second-person singular imperative mude	dative	múdeme	not used	múdele, múdese	múdenos	not used	múdeles
	accusative	múdeme	not used	múdelo, múdela, múdese	múdenos	not used	múdelos, múdelas
with first-person plural imperative mudemos	dative	not used	mudémoste	mudémosle	mudémonos	mudémoos	mudémosles
	accusative	not used	mudémoste	mudémoslo, mudémosla	mudémonos	mudémoos	mudémoslos, mudémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mudad	dative	mudadme	not used	mudadle	mudadnos	mudaos	mudadles
	accusative	mudadme	not used	mudadlo, mudadla	mudadnos	mudaos	mudadlos, mudadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative muden	dative	múdenme	not used	múdenle	múdennos	not used	múdenles, múdense
	accusative	múdenme	not used	múdenlo, múdenla	múdennos	not used	múdenlos, múdenlas, múdense

Derived terms

• mudar aires

 

Related terms

• inmutable
• mover
• muda
• mudable
• mudanza
• mudarse

 

Etymology 2

From Hindi मदार (madār).

Noun

mudar m (plural mudares)

1. crown flower (Calotropis gigantea)

Further reading

• “mudar”, 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

Toba Batak

Noun

mudar

1. blood

   Synonym: daro

References

• J. Warneck (1906) Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1], Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, page 130