ronco
Spanish, noun
ronco is spelled R-O-N-C-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,860th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ronco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “oink, growl, bark, snarl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of roncar. With an accent, roncó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of roncar”.
What does ronco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoink, growl, bark, snarl
adjective
- 1
hoarse, croaky
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of roncar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of roncar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Afectado de disfonía, producto generalmente de una laringitis o inflamación de las cuerdas vocales. 2. Aplícase a aquella voz de registro grave.
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 ronco
- roncos plural
- ronca feminine
- roncas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ronco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ronco in Spanish?
ronco appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).