Meaning
to roar
- to utter a loud, deep, prolonged sound (especially of lions or other big cats)
- to make a loud, reverberating sound (of engines, seas, crowds)
In a sentence
Abbiamo sentito il leone ruggire in lontananza nella savana.
We heard the lion roar in the distance on the savannah.
I motori delle auto da corsa ruggiscono sulla pista.
The racing cars' engines roar on the track.
Il mare in tempesta ruggiva contro gli scogli.
The stormy sea roared against the cliffs.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| ruggire | infinitive |
| ruggisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ruggisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ruggisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ruggiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| ruggite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ruggiscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ruggivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ruggivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ruggiva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ruggivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ruggivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ruggivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ruggii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ruggisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| ruggì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ruggimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| ruggiste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| ruggirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| ruggirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ruggirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| ruggirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ruggiremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| ruggirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| ruggiranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| ruggisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ruggisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ruggisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ruggiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| ruggiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ruggiscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ruggissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ruggissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| ruggisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ruggissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| ruggiste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| ruggissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| ruggirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ruggiresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| ruggirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ruggiremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| ruggireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| ruggirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| ruggisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| ruggiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| ruggite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| ruggendo | gerund |
| ruggito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- An -isc- verb: 'ruggisco', 'ruggisci', 'ruggisce', etc.
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses.