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sonar

/soˈnaɾ/ verb A2
  1. to sound, to ring (intransitive)
  2. to sound (appear) (intransitive) · Suena como que ya te has decidido. It sounds like your mind is made up.· Suena como si no tuviéramos otra opción. It sounds like we don't have any other choice.
  3. to ring a bell, to be familiar (figuratively, reflexive) · Me suena el nombre, pero no lo ubico. His name rings a bell but I can't place him.
  4. to make sound, to play (transitive) · sonar la bocina to sound the horn
  5. to blow (one's nose) (reflexive, transitive) · Despues de estornudar, me soné la nariz. After I sneezed, I blew my nose.
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Verb forms

Infinitive
sonar
Gerund
sonando
Past participle
sonado
Present (yo)
sueno
Preterite (yo)
soné

An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.

From the library

Yunques, sonad; enmudeced, campanas.”
Páginas escogidas, p. 27 · C1
—Perdóname, camaroncito, que yo te dejaría ir; pero mi mujer está esperando su cena, y si le digo que encontré el camarón mayor del mundo, y que lo dejé escapar, esta noche sé yo a lo que suena un palo de escoba cuando se lo rompe su mujer a uno en las costillas.
La Edad de Oro: publicación mensual de recreo e instrucción dedicada a los niños de América, p. 66 · C1
Sonaba el reloj la una
Páginas escogidas, p. 15 · C1
Suenan sus pasos, y al sonar, recuerdan
Rimas, p. 9 · C1

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