ronco
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁõ.ku/
ronco is spelled R-O-N-C-O (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ronco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “snore (noise produced by snoring)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of roncar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grunhido”.
What does ronco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesnore (noise produced by snoring)
- 2
masculinerumble (low, heavy, continuous sound)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of roncar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grunhido 2. ronca 3. fragor 4. ato de regougar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ronco
- roncos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ronco?
- Brazil /ˈʁõ.ku/
- Brazil [ˈhõ.ku]
- Portugal /ˈRõ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ronco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ronco in Portuguese?
ronco appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).