ressonar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin resonāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.suˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.soˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.soˈnaɾ]

Verb

ressonar (first-person singular present ressono, first-person singular preterite ressoní, past participle ressonat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (intransitive) to resound

Conjugation

infinitive			ressonar
gerund			ressonant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ressonat		ressonada
		plural		ressonats		ressonades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ressono	ressones	ressona	ressonem	ressoneu	ressonen
	imperfect	ressonava	ressonaves	ressonava	ressonàvem	ressonàveu	ressonaven
	future	ressonaré	ressonaràs	ressonarà	ressonarem	ressonareu	ressonaran
	preterite	ressoní	ressonares	ressonà	ressonàrem	ressonàreu	ressonaren
	conditional	ressonaria	ressonaries	ressonaria	ressonaríem	ressonaríeu	ressonarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ressoni	ressonis	ressoni	ressonem	ressoneu	ressonin
	imperfect	ressonés	ressonessis	ressonés	ressonéssim	ressonéssiu	ressonessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	ressona	ressoni	ressonem	ressoneu	ressonin
	negative (no)	—	no ressonis	no ressoni	no ressonem	no ressoneu	no ressonin

    Conjugation of ressonar (first conjugation)

Derived terms

• ressò
• ressonador

Related terms

• ressonància

Further reading

• “ressonar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “ressonar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “ressonar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin resonāre.^[1] Doublet of ressoar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.soˈna(ʁ)/ [he.soˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.soˈna(ʁ)/ [he.soˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.soˈna(ɾ)/ [he.soˈna(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.soˈna(ʁ)/ [χe.soˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.soˈna(ɻ)/ [he.soˈna(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.suˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.suˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.suˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: res‧so‧nar

Verb

ressonar (first-person singular present ressono, first-person singular preterite ressonei, past participle ressonado)

1. to resound, echo
2. to snore

Conjugation

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ressonar
Personal	ressonar	ressonares	ressonar	ressonarmos	ressonardes	ressonarem
Gerund
	ressonando
Past participle
Masculine	ressonado			ressonados
Feminine	ressonada			ressonadas
Indicative
Present	ressono	ressonas	ressona	ressonamos	ressonais	ressonam
Imperfect	ressonava	ressonavas	ressonava	ressonávamos	ressonáveis	ressonavam
Preterite	ressonei	ressonaste	ressonou	ressonamos1, ressonámos2	ressonastes	ressonaram
Pluperfect	ressonara	ressonaras	ressonara	ressonáramos	ressonáreis	ressonaram
Future	ressonarei	ressonarás	ressonará	ressonaremos	ressonareis	ressonarão
Conditional	ressonaria	ressonarias	ressonaria	ressonaríamos	ressonaríeis	ressonariam
Subjunctive
Present	ressone	ressones	ressone	ressonemos	ressoneis	ressonem
Imperfect	ressonasse	ressonasses	ressonasse	ressonássemos	ressonásseis	ressonassem
Future	ressonar	ressonares	ressonar	ressonarmos	ressonardes	ressonarem
Imperative
Affirmative		ressona	ressone	ressonemos	ressonai	ressonem
Negative (não)		não ressones	não ressone	não ressonemos	não ressoneis	não ressonem

    Conjugation of ressonar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

References

1. “ressonar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025