ronfare

Italian

Alternative forms

  • rofare, ronfiare, runfare, runfiare (dialectal)
  • ruffare (crossed with russare)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly of onomatopoeic origin, maybe from Gallo-Italic or Southern Italo-Romance. Alternatively, derived from Latin rhonchāre. Compare French ronfler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ronˈfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ron‧fà‧re

Verb

ronfàre (first-person singular present rónfo, first-person singular past historic ronfài, past participle ronfàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to snore [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: russare
  2. (intransitive) to purr [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ronfàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive ronfàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund ronfàndo
present participle ronfànte past participle ronfàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present rónfo rónfi rónfa ronfiàmo ronfàte rónfano
imperfect ronfàvo ronfàvi ronfàva ronfavàmo ronfavàte ronfàvano
past historic ronfài ronfàsti ronfò ronfàmmo ronfàste ronfàrono
future ronferò ronferài ronferà ronferémo ronferéte ronferànno
conditional ronferèi ronferésti ronferèbbe, ronferébbe ronferémmo ronferéste ronferèbbero, ronferébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present rónfi rónfi rónfi ronfiàmo ronfiàte rónfino
imperfect ronfàssi ronfàssi ronfàsse ronfàssimo ronfàste ronfàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
rónfa rónfi ronfiàmo ronfàte rónfino
negative imperative non ronfàre non rónfi non ronfiàmo non ronfàte non rónfino

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ronfare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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