roncar

From Old Occitan roncar, from Latin rhonchāre, from rhonchus, from Ancient Greek ῥέγχος (rhénkhos, “snoring”).

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /roŋˈka/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ruŋˈka/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /roŋˈkaɾ/

roncar (first-person singular present ronco, past participle roncat)

1. to snore
2. to purr

• (purr): ronronejar

From Old Portuguese roncar, from Latin rhonchāre, from rhonchus, from Ancient Greek ῥέγχος (rhénkhos, “snoring”).

roncar (first-person singular present ronco, first-person singular preterite ronquei, past participle roncado)

1. to snore
2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of roncar
3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of roncar

From Old Portuguese roncar, from Latin rhonchāre, from rhonchus, from Ancient Greek ῥέγχος (rhénkhos, “snoring”), of imitative origin.

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ʁõ.ˈka(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /hõ.ˈka(ɻ)/
• Hyphenation: ron‧car

roncar (first-person singular present indicative ronco, past participle roncado)

1. to snore (to breathe during sleep with harsh noises)
2. to make harsh noises (such as the sound of a car’s engine)
3. to rumble (to make a low pitched noise)

• (to snore): ressonar

From Old Spanish roncar, from Latin rhonchāre, from rhonchus, from Ancient Greek ῥέγχος (rhénkhos, “snoring”).

roncar (first-person singular present ronco, first-person singular preterite ronqué, past participle roncado)

1. to snore

• c becomes qu before e.

• ronca
• roncador
• roncamente
• ronco
• ronquido
• ronquío