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Morremos

Morremos is the first-person plural present indicative form of the Portuguese verb morrer, meaning "we die." It is used to describe death affecting the speaker and others in the present, either literally or in metaphorical expressions (for example, morrer de rir = to die of laughter).

Origin and classification: Morrer comes from Latin morī, and in modern Portuguese it behaves as a regular

Conjugation highlights (present and closely related tenses):

- Present indicative: eu morro, tu morres, ele morre, nós morremos, vós morreis, eles morrem.

- Present subjunctive: eu morra, tu morras, ele morra, nós morramos, vós morrais, eles morram.

- Future indicative: morreremos.

- Future subjunctive: quando morrermos (or se morrermos in conditional clauses).

Usage notes: Morremos can appear in literal statements about mortality or in idiomatic expressions such as

See also: Portuguese verbs, irregular verbs in Portuguese, death in language and literature.

-er
verb
with
some
irregularities
in
other
tenses.
The
present
indicative
form
morremos
is
built
from
the
stem
mor-
with
the
ending
-emos
for
the
Nós
form,
and
it
is
distinct
from
related
forms
in
the
subjunctive
and
future
tenses.
morrer
de
rir
(to
die
of
laughter)
and
morrer
de
saudades
(to
die
of
longing).
It
is
common
in
everyday
Portuguese
and
in
literary
or
journalistic
writing
when
describing
death
in
the
present
or
in
hypothetical
contexts.