Say it out loud, part 1
When I have to wait for late students (which is every day), I usually kill time by making lists. Here is a list of onomatopoeia in Spanish. Read them out loud, and remember to roll your Rs.
to lisp: cecear (pronounced with a soft Spanish th, a one-word joke)
to babble: balbucear
to whisper: susurrar
to grumble: refunfuñar*
to purr: ronronear
to hoot: ulular
to cackle: cacarear
to oink: gruñir
to twang: ganguear**
* don’t know if this is truly onomatopoeia, but I make the same sound when I grumble.
** referring to speech. Can’t you hear it?!
