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troar

Meaning

  1. to thunder
  2. to make a thunderous or powerful sound

Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɾoˈa(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese trõar, from Latin tonāre (with an -r- due to influence from Latin tonitrus, Vulgar Latin *tronitus; see also estrondo and trom), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”). Compare Catalan and Spanish tronar.

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