resonar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English resound, French résonner, Italian risuonare, Spanish resonar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resoˈnar/

Verb

resonar (present tense resonas, past tense resonis, future tense resonos, imperative resonez, conditional resonus)

1. (intransitive) to resound, to be resonant

Conjugation

Conjugation of resonar

		present		past		future
infinitive		resonar		resonir		resonor
tense		resonas		resonis		resonos
conditional		resonus		—		—
imperative		resonez		—		—
adjective active participle		resonanta		resoninta		resononta
adverbial active participle		resonante		resoninte		resononte
nominal active participle	singular	resonanto		resoninto		resononto
	plural	resonanti		resoninti		resononti

Derived terms

• resonigar

See also

• rezonar

Interlingua

Verb

resonar

1. to resound
2. to reverberate
3. to echo

Conjugation

    Conjugation of resonar

infinitive		resonar
participle		present	perfect
		resonante	resonate
active		simple	perfect
	present	resona	ha resonate
	past	resonava	habeva resonate
	future	resonara	habera resonate
	conditional	resonarea	haberea resonate
	imperative	resona	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es resonate	ha essite resonate
	past	esseva resonate	habeva essite resonate
	future	essera resonate	habera essite resonate
	conditional	esserea resonate	haberea essite resonate
	imperative	sia resonate	—

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin resonāre. Cognate with English resonate and resound.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resoˈnaɾ/ [re.soˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧so‧nar

Verb

resonar (first-person singular present resueno, first-person singular preterite resoné, past participle resonado)

1. (intransitive) to resonate
2. (intransitive) to echo
3. (intransitive) to ring (usually one's ears)
4. (intransitive, figuratively) to resound, ring

   "Entonces dejen resonar la libertad desde las prodigiosas cumbres de Nueva Hampshire. Dejen resonar la libertad desde las grandes montañas de Nueva York." (Martin Luther King Jr., 1963, Yo tengo un sueño)

   "So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York." (Martin Luther King Jr., 1963, I have a dream)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of resonar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			resonar
gerund			resonando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		resonado		resonada
		plural		resonados		resonadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	resueno	resuenastú resonásvos	resuena	resonamos	resonáis	resuenan
	imperfect	resonaba	resonabas	resonaba	resonábamos	resonabais	resonaban
	preterite	resoné	resonaste	resonó	resonamos	resonasteis	resonaron
	future	resonaré	resonarás	resonará	resonaremos	resonaréis	resonarán
	conditional	resonaría	resonarías	resonaría	resonaríamos	resonaríais	resonarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	resuene	resuenestú resonésvos2	resuene	resonemos	resonéis	resuenen
	imperfect (ra)	resonara	resonaras	resonara	resonáramos	resonarais	resonaran
	imperfect (se)	resonase	resonases	resonase	resonásemos	resonaseis	resonasen
	future1	resonare	resonares	resonare	resonáremos	resonareis	resonaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		resuenatú resonávos	resuene	resonemos	resonad	resuenen
	negative		no resuenes	no resuene	no resonemos	no resonéis	no resuenen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• resonador

Related terms

• resonancia
• sonar

Further reading

• “resonar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10