roncar

Inherited from Old Catalan roncar, from Latin rhonchāre, a verb based on rhonchus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos, “snoring”).

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

roncar (first-person singular present ronco, first-person singular preterite ronquí, past participle roncat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. to snore
2. to purr

   Synonym: ronronejar

• “roncar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “roncar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin rhonchāre, from rhonchus, from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos, “snoring”).

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

1. to snore
2. to roar

   Synonym: bruar

3. to grunt

   Synonyms: gruñir, roñar

• ronco
• roncón

• “rronco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “rronco” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “roncar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “roncar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “roncar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “roncar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “roncar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Occitan roncar, from Latin rhonchāre, a verb based on rhonchus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos, “snoring”).

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roncar (Languedoc, Limousin)

1. to snore

   Synonym: ronflar

• Yves Lavalade, Dictionnaire d'usage occitan/français - Limousin, Marche, Périgord, Institut d'Estudis Occitans dau Lemosin, 2010, →ISBN; page 500
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 572.

From Old Galician-Portuguese roncar, from Latin rhonchāre, from rhonchus, from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos, “snoring”), of imitative origin.

• Hyphenation: ron‧car

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

1. to snore (to breathe during sleep with harsh noises)

   Synonym: ressonar

2. to make harsh noises (such as the sound of a car’s engine)
3. to rumble (to make a low pitched noise)

Inherited from Old Spanish roncar, inherited from Latin rhonchāre, a verb based on rhonchus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos, “snoring”).

• IPA^(key): /ronˈkaɾ/ [rõŋˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ron‧car

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

1. to snore

• “roncar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014