rugir
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin rugīre (“roar”). First attested in the 19th century.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [ruˈʒi]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ruˈd͡ʒiɾ]
=== Verb ===
rugir (first-person singular present rugeixo, first-person singular preterite rugí, past participle rugit)
(intransitive) to roar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
rugit
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“rugir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“rugir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “rugir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin rugīre (“roar”). Cf. Old French ruir, a more gallicized variant. See also rut.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʁy.ʒiʁ/
=== Verb ===
rugir
to roar
==== Conjugation ====
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
==== Derived terms ====
rugissement
=== Further reading ===
“rugir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Probably borrowed from Latin rugīre (“to roar”).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
rugir (first-person singular present rujo, first-person singular preterite rugi, past participle rugido)
to roar (to make a loud, deep cry)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
ruído
=== Further reading ===
“rugir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“rugir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin rugīre (“roar”). Compare the inherited Old Spanish (and Ladino) ruir; cf. also the related ruido.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ruˈxiɾ/ [ruˈxiɾ]
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: ru‧gir
=== Verb ===
rugir (first-person singular present rujo, first-person singular preterite rugí, past participle rugido)
to roar
Synonym: bramar
to bellow
to rumble
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“rugir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025