tronar

Inherited from Old Catalan tronar, from Vulgar Latin *tronāre, from Latin tonāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”). Additional /r/ likely taken from *tronitus, metathesis of Latin tonitrus. Compare Occitan tronar, Spanish tronar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tɾuˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [tɾoˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾoˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

tronar (first-person singular present trono, first-person singular preterite troní, past participle tronat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to thunder

• tronada
• tronera

• tro

• “tronar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• (Lemosin) tonar

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin tonāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”). Compare Catalan tronar, French tonner. The extra -r- is due to influence from Latin tonitrus (Vulgar Latin *tronitus).

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tronar

1. to thunder

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• tronada

• tron

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin tonāre (“to thunder”) (with an -r- due to influence from tronido (“thunder”) or Latin tonitrus (“thunder”), Vulgar Latin *tronitus). Compare Portuguese troar, French tonner.

• IPA^(key): /tɾoˈnaɾ/ [t̪ɾoˈnaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tro‧nar

tronar (first-person singular present trueno, first-person singular preterite troné, past participle tronado)

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to thunder
2. (transitive, colloquial) to bust, ruin (person)

   Synonym: arruinar

3. (intransitive, colloquial) to fail (not pass an exam)

   Synonyms: fracasar, suspender

4. (colloquial, of a body part) to crack (to make a cracking sound)
5. (transitive, colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica) to kill (someone)
6. (intransitive, colloquial, Ecuador) to die
7. (transitive, colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba) to fail (a student) (to give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour)

• “tronar”, 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
• “tronar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

tronar

1. present indicative of trona

• tornar