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Spanish
Etymology
From dissimilation of the form murmurio, itself borrowed from Late Latin murmurium, from Latin murmur. The form mormullo was the popular variant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /muɾˈmuʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /muɾˈmuʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /muɾˈmuʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /muɾˈmuʒo/
- Syllabification: mur‧mu‧llo
Noun
murmullo m (plural murmullos)
- (sound) murmur, murmuring, mutter, muttering, mumble, mumbling
- a rustling noise, susurrus
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