roncador

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From Spanish roncador (“a snorer”), from roncar (“to snore”). So called in allusion to the grunting noise made by them on being taken from the water.

roncador (plural roncadors)

1. Any of several species of Californian sciaenoid food fishes, especially Roncador stearnsi (spotfin croaker) and others in the Sciaenidae family.

• “roncador”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From roncar +‎ -dor.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ruŋ.kəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [roŋ.kəˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [roŋ.kaˈðoɾ]

roncador (feminine roncadora, masculine plural roncadors, feminine plural roncadores)

1. snoring, roaring

roncador m (plural roncadors, feminine roncadora, feminine plural roncadores)

1. snorer
2. grunt (fish of the family Haemulidae)

   Synonym: xerla roncadora

• “roncador”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From roncar +‎ -dor.

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: ron‧ca‧dor

roncador (feminine roncadora, masculine plural roncadores, feminine plural roncadoras)

1. snoring, roaring

roncador m (plural roncadores, feminine roncadora, feminine plural roncadoras)

1. snorer
2. grunt (fish of the family Haemulidae)

• “roncador”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “roncador”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /ronkaˈdoɾ/ [rõŋ.kaˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ron‧ca‧dor

roncador m (plural roncadores)

1. snorer
2. roncador
3. grunt (fish of the family Haemulidae)

• “roncador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024