gruñir
Spanish, verb/ɡɾuˈɲiɾ/
gruñir is spelled G-R-U-Ñ-I-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 86,552nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gruñir is a Spanish verb meaning “to grunt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Emitir su voz el cerdo”.
What does gruñir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grunt
- 2
to growl
- 3
to rumble, growl
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Emitir su voz el cerdo. 2. Emitir un sonido amenazante el perro y otros animales. 3. Expresar su mal humor una persona con voz ronca y mal articulada. 4. Hacer las cosas de mala gana y rezongando.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gruñir
- gruño first-person present singular
- gruñí first-person preterite singular
- gruñido participle past
- gruñendo gerund
- gruñida feminine participle past
- gruñidos masculine participle past
- gruñidas feminine participle past
- gruñes indicative informal present
- gruñís indicative informal present
- gruñe indicative present singular
- gruñimos first-person indicative plural
- gruñen indicative plural present
- gruñía first-person imperfect indicative
- gruñías imperfect indicative second-person
- gruñíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- gruñíais imperfect indicative plural
- gruñían imperfect indicative plural
- gruñiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gruñir?
- /ɡɾuˈɲiɾ/
- [ɡɾuˈɲiɾ]
- [gɾuˈɲiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gruñir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gruñir in Spanish?
gruñir appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).