ronco

See also: roncó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈroŋ.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈroŋ.ko]

Verb

ronco

1. first-person singular present indicative of roncar

Galician

Verb

ronco

1. first-person singular present indicative of roncar

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rhonchus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈron.ko/
• Rhymes: -onko
• Hyphenation: rón‧co

Noun

ronco m (plural ronchi)

1. (medicine) rhonchus

Anagrams

• -crono, Corno, Crono, corno, cornò, crono, crono-

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈron.koː/, [ˈrɔŋkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈron.ko/, [ˈrɔŋko]

Noun

roncō

1. dative/ablative singular of roncus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁõ.ku/ [ˈhõ.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁõ.ku/ [ˈhõ.ku]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁõ.ku/ [ˈχõ.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁõ.ko/ [ˈhõ.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁõ.ku/

Etymology 1

From Latin rhoncus, from Ancient Greek ῥόγχος (rhónkhos).

Noun

ronco m (plural roncos)

1. snore (noise produced by snoring)
2. rumble (low, heavy, continuous sound)

Related terms

• roncar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ronco

1. first-person singular present indicative of roncar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈronko/ [ˈrõŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -onko
• Syllabification: ron‧co

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish ronco, from Latin raucus (“hoarse”), influenced by roncar.^[1] Cognate of Galician rouco, Portuguese rouco. Doublet of the borrowed rauco.

Noun

ronco m (plural roncos)

1. oink, growl, bark, snarl

Adjective

ronco (feminine ronca, masculine plural roncos, feminine plural roncas)

1. hoarse, croaky

   Synonym: rauco

Derived terms

• enronquecer

Related terms

• roncar

Etymology 2

Verb

ronco

1. first-person singular present indicative of roncar

References

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983) “roncar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 63

Further reading

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