ronrom
Portuguese, noun/ʁõˈʁõ/
ronrom is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “purr (vibrating sound uttered by cats)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rumor contínuo produzido pela traqueia do gato, geralmente quando este está contente ou descansando”.
What does ronrom mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepurr (vibrating sound uttered by cats)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rumor contínuo produzido pela traqueia do gato, geralmente quando este está contente ou descansando
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 ronrom
- ronrons plural
- rom-rom alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ronrom?
- Brazil /ʁõˈʁõ/
- Brazil [hõˈhõ]
- /ʁõˈʁõ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ronrom
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ronrom in Portuguese?
ronrom appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).