# mudar
## English
### Etymology

From Hindi मदार (madār).

### Noun

mudar (uncountable)
* Either of two milkweed-like shrubs, which yield a strong fibre and an acrid milky juice used medicinally:
** Calotropis gigantea (crown flower, giant milkweed)
** 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)
* to move (to change residence)

#### Related terms

* mudanza

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [muˈða]
* IPA: (Valencia) [muˈðaɾ]

### Verb

mudar (first-person singular present mudo, first-person singular preterite mudí, past participle mudat)
* to change
* to move from one home to another
* to dress very well

#### 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, 2025
* “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: [muˈðaɾ]

### Verb

mudar (first-person singular present mudo, first-person singular preterite mudei, past participle mudado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to moult
    Synonym: esplumar
* (transitive) to change
    Synonyms: cambiar, modificar, transformar
* (pronominal) to move, to relocate (to settle into a new home)
    Synonyms: cambiar, modificar, transformar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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, 2012–2025
* 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: /muˈda(ʁ)/ [muˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /muˈda(ʁ)/ [muˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /muˈda(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /muˈda(ʁ)/ [muˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /muˈda(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /muˈdaɾ/ [muˈðaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /muˈdaɾ/ [muˈðaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /muˈda.ɾi/ [muˈða.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: mu‧dar

### Verb

mudar (first-person singular present mudo, first-person singular preterite mudei, past participle mudado)
* to change (to become or cause to become something different)
    Synonyms: alterar, modificar, mutar, transformar
    Mudei os meus planos.I changed my plans.
* (pronominal) to move, to relocate (to settle into a new home)
    Synonym: deslocar
    Eles mudaram-se de casa.They moved house.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mudar.

#### Derived terms

* mudar de pato para ganso
* 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: /mǔːdar/
* Hyphenation: mu‧dar

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “mudar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* (transitive, reflexive) to move, relocate, move to a new house
* (transitive, reflexive) to change, alter, vary
* (transitive, reflexive) to convert
* (reflexive) to shed, molt
* (reflexive) to change one's clothes

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

##### Derived terms

* mudar aires

##### Related terms

* inmutable
* mover
* muda
* mudable
* mudanza
* mudarse

### Etymology 2

From Hindi मदार (madār).

#### Noun

mudar m (plural mudares)
* 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
* blood
    Synonym: daro

### References

* J. Warneck (1906) Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch‎, Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, page 130