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): (Valencia) [roŋˈkaɾ]

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

1. to snore
2. to purr

   Synonym: ronronejar

• “roncar”, 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
• “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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rronco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rronco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “roncar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “roncar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “roncar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “roncar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “roncar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024