susurrar

to whisper

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An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).

intransitive verb

1. (to speak quietly)

a. to whisper

Estoy susurrando porque no quiero que escuche Sandra.I'm whispering because I don't want Sandra to hear.

b. to murmur

Todos comenzaron a susurrar cuando Jack anunció que no iba a dejarle la empresa a su hijo.Everybody started murmuring when Jack announced he wasn't leaving the company to his son.

2. (to make noise)

a. to murmur (stream)

Anna se sentó bajo un árbol a escuchar cómo susurraba el arroyo.Anna sat under a tree and listened to the stream murmuring.

b. rustle (leaves)

Era una noche serena y lo único que se escuchaba era las hojas susurrando.The night was quiet and all that we could hear where the leaves rustling.

c. to sigh (wind)

Solo se escuchaba el viento susurrar entre los pinos y el canto de unos pocos pájaros.You could only hear the wind sighing through the pines and a few birds singing.

d. to whisper (wind)

El viento me susurró al oído y me puso el pelo en la cara.The wind whispered in my ears and blew my hair in my face.

e. to buzz (bees)

¡Una abeja me acaba de susurrar al oído!A bee just buzzed in my ear!

A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).

transitive verb

3. (to speak quietly)

a. to whisper

Mario se sentó a mi lado y me susurró las respuestas de la prueba.Mario sat next to me and whispered the answers to the test to me.

susurrarse

A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g., Te ves cansado.).

pronominal verb

4. (to be rumored)

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct translation

Se susurra que el rey no ha aparecido en público porque está muy enfermo.It is rumored that the King hasn't appeared in public because he is terribly sick.

En la oficina se susurra que Santiago y Eliana están saliendo a escondidas.People at the office are saying that Santiago and Eliana are secretly dating.

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Conjugations

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Participles

Present:	susurrando
Past:	susurrado

Indicative of "susurrar"

	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	susurro	susurré	susurraba	susurraría	susurraré
tú	susurras	susurraste	susurrabas	susurrarías	susurrarás
él/ella/Ud.	susurra	susurró	susurraba	susurraría	susurrará
nosotros	susurramos	susurramos	susurrábamos	susurraríamos	susurraremos
vosotros	susurráis	susurrasteis	susurrabais	susurraríais	susurraréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	susurran	susurraron	susurraban	susurrarían	susurrarán