roncar

/ronˈkaɾ/ · B2 · verb

to snore

😴🐗 roncar = sounds like RONK-ar, a ronking honk-snort sound made asleep

Roncar is thought to come from Latin rhoncus, a snore or rattling sound. The English word rhonchus, a rattling breath sound, shares that root. Hear the rough r-r-ronk in roncar as the noise of a snore.

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