rosnar
Portuguese
Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from Spanish roznar (“to bray”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁozˈna(ʁ)/ [hozˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁozˈna(ɾ)/ [hozˈna(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁoʒˈna(ʁ)/ [χoʒˈna(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁozˈna(ɻ)/ [hozˈna(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁuʒˈnaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁuʒˈna.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ros‧nar
Verb
rosnar (first-person singular present rosno, first-person singular preterite rosnei, past participle rosnado)
- to growl (to utter a deep guttural sound)
Conjugation
Conjugation of rosnar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “rosnar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “rosnar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025