roñar

Onomatopoeic. Compare French rogner (“to growl”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /roˈɲaɾ/

roñar (first-person singular present roño, first-person singular preterite roñei, past participle roñado)

1. to grunt; to growl

   Synonyms: gorlar, griñir, gruñir, rosmar

2. to mutter, grumble; to complain in a low voice

   Synonyms: fungar, refungar, rosmar

   • 1814, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Aos coruñeses:

     bou a falar a ver si os corbos roñan, pois que non lles teño medo e conozo as suas mañas

     I'm going to speak, hoping for the crows to grumble , since I'm not afraid of them and I know their ways

• enroñar
• roñazo
• roñón (“grumpy”)
• roñoso

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “roñar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “roñar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “roñar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN