gruñir

v.

1 to growl, to snarl, to grunt.

El viejo amargado gruñe por todo The grouch growls at everything.

Los perros gruñen en la noche The dogs growl at night.

2 to growl, to grouch.

El viejo amargado gruñe por todo The grouch growls at everything.

3 to growl at, to snarl at.

Me gruñó el oso The bear growled at me.

* * *

gruñir

Conjugation model [MUÑIR], like {{link=muñir}}muñir

► verbo intransitivo

1 to grunt

* * *

verb

to growl

* * *

VI

1) [animal] to grunt, growl

2) [persona] to grouse *, grumble

* * *

verbo intransitivo

a) cerdo to grunt; perro to growl

b) (fam) persona to grumble

siempre está gruñendo — she's always grumbling

* * *

= growl, grunt, snort, snarl, niggle, groan, grouch (about).

Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.

Ex. 'Humph!' grunted the director, accepting the check with a preoccupied air = "¡Humph!" gruñó el director, aceptando el cheque con un aire preocupado.

Ex. 'I have always attended those conferences,' he snorted.

Ex. Wind raged over the sea; waves snarled and showed their teeth.

Ex. The House of Commons passed the week in niggling without result over a profusion of theoretical issues.

Ex. Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.

Ex. You can choose to grouch about what they don't have OR open your mind up and see what they have to offer.

* * *

verbo intransitivo

a) cerdo to grunt; perro to growl

b) (fam) persona to grumble

siempre está gruñendo — she's always grumbling

* * *

= growl, grunt, snort, snarl, niggle, groan, grouch (about).

Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.

Ex: 'Humph!' grunted the director, accepting the check with a preoccupied air = "¡Humph!" gruñó el director, aceptando el cheque con un aire preocupado.

Ex: 'I have always attended those conferences,' he snorted.

Ex: Wind raged over the sea; waves snarled and showed their teeth.

Ex: The House of Commons passed the week in niggling without result over a profusion of theoretical issues.

Ex: Young kids like listening to these shaggy dog stories, but don't usually 'get it', while parents generally groan over the punch lines.

Ex: You can choose to grouch about what they don't have OR open your mind up and see what they have to offer.

* * *

gruñir [I9 ]

vi

1 «cerdo» to grunt

2 «perro» to growl

3 (fam); «persona» to grumble, grouse (colloq)

siempre está gruñendo she's always grumbling o grousing about something

* * *

gruñir (conjugate gruñir) verbo intransitivo

a) [cerdo] to grunt;

[perro] to growl

b) (fam) [persona] to grumble

gruñir verbo intransitivo
1 (cerdo) to grunt
2 (persona) to grumble
'gruñir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rezar
English:
growl
- grunt
- snarl
- groan
- grouse
- snort

* * *

gruñir vi

1. [perro] to growl

2. [cerdo] to grunt

3. [persona] to grumble

* * *

gruñir

v/i

1 (quejarse) grumble, moan fam

2 de perro growl; de cerdo grunt

* * *

gruñir {38} vi

1) : to growl, to grunt

2) : to grumble

* * *

gruñir vb

1. (cerdo) to grunt

2. (perro) to growl

3. (persona) to grumble