Polyglot Dictionary

tronar

/tɾoˈnaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
trueno
preterite (yo)
troné
past participle
tronado

Meaning

  1. to thunder

    • Truena en la montaña.

      It's thundering in the mountains.

V Category Occurrence Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

atronar

tronar is the more common word for "to thunder," describing weather; atronar is more intense, to boom loudly, also used figuratively to mean deafen.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

trovejar

trovejar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to thunder."

Practice

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