ronronear

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ronroneˈaɾ/ [rõn.ro.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ron‧ro‧ne‧ar

Verb

ronronear (first-person singular present ronroneo, first-person singular preterite ronroneé, past participle ronroneado)

1. to purr

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ronronear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ronronear
gerund			ronroneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ronroneado		ronroneada
		plural		ronroneados		ronroneadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ronroneo	ronroneastú ronroneásvos	ronronea	ronroneamos	ronroneáis	ronronean
	imperfect	ronroneaba	ronroneabas	ronroneaba	ronroneábamos	ronroneabais	ronroneaban
	preterite	ronroneé	ronroneaste	ronroneó	ronroneamos	ronroneasteis	ronronearon
	future	ronronearé	ronronearás	ronroneará	ronronearemos	ronronearéis	ronronearán
	conditional	ronronearía	ronronearías	ronronearía	ronronearíamos	ronronearíais	ronronearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ronronee	ronroneestú ronroneésvos2	ronronee	ronroneemos	ronroneéis	ronroneen
	imperfect (ra)	ronroneara	ronronearas	ronroneara	ronroneáramos	ronronearais	ronronearan
	imperfect (se)	ronronease	ronroneases	ronronease	ronroneásemos	ronroneaseis	ronroneasen
	future1	ronroneare	ronroneares	ronroneare	ronroneáremos	ronroneareis	ronronearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ronroneatú ronroneávos	ronronee	ronroneemos	ronronead	ronroneen
	negative		no ronronees	no ronronee	no ronroneemos	no ronroneéis	no ronroneen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• ronroneo

 

Further reading

• “ronronear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28