Moribundo VS. Muriendo

Question

Moribundo VS. Muriendo

Now, I understand that they both mean "dying".

What I am wondering is if "moribundo" means that you are literally dying, or if it is just used to describe a state you are in, or your feelings?

Like in the song La Camisa Negra, Juanes say-

"Yo quedé moribundo y lleno de dolor"

Here he is not literally dying. I think if you replaced it with muriendo, it would sound quite odd.

To say I am dying (literally) I would say- Estoy muriendo.

Can you interchange the two? Or is what I am thinking correct?

Answer 1

Moribundo es un adjectivo. Describiendo cualidades, y muriendo es un parte de un verbo describiendo una acción.

Answer 2

"Moribund" is a word in English, as well, which I've always thought meant something closer to um.. "deathly lethargic" Merriam Webster's online dictionary gives two definintions:

Main Entry: mor·i·bund Function: adjective

1 : being in the state of dying : approaching death

2 : being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence

So I'm wondering if "moribundo" has two ways of being used as well?

Answer 3

Okay, so then I am guessing that I am pretty much right with what I thought.

Answer 4

moribundo, da.

(Del lat. moribundus).

1. adj. Que está muriendo o muy cercano a morir. Apl. a pers., u. t. c. s.

(usado también como sustantivo)

You would not be able to use muriendo as an adjective or a noun, but the meaning in itself is the same.

Está muriendo= Está moribundo

Answer 5

Ja ja! I was listening to that song today. And yes, Joe you are correct.