verb

tronar

to thunder

Producir un ruido fuerte, como el que se oye en el cielo durante una tormenta.

Tronar is a Spanish verb that primarily means:

To thunder: It refers to the sound produced during a thunderstorm.
- Example: El cielo empezó a tronar antes de que lloviera.
  (The sky started to thunder before it rained.)
- Synonyms: retumbar, resonar (in some contexts)
- Antonyms: estar en calma (to be calm), silenciosamente (silently)
To burst or snap (informally): It can also mean that something breaks with a snapping or cracking sound.
- Example: La rama tronó bajo el peso de la nieve.
  (The branch snapped under the weight of the snow.)
- Synonyms: quebrar, romper
- Antonyms: reparar (to fix), unir (to join)

Etymology & Parts:

The verb tronar comes from tron, which relates to thunder.
It is a regular -ar verb and can be conjugated normally (yo trono, tú tronas, él trona...).

Additional contexts:

In colloquial Mexican Spanish, tronar can mean "to fail" or "to be fired" (e.g., Me tronaron del trabajo means "I got fired.") but this is more of a regional slang use.

Meaning	Explanation	Example	Synonyms	Antonyms
To thunder	Sound made by thunder	El cielo tronó	Retumbar, resonar	Calmarse (to calm down)
To snap/burst	To break with a cracking sound	La rama tronó	Quebrar, romper	Reparar, unir
(Slang) To fail	Colloquial: lose a job or fail	Me tronaron (I got fired)	Fallar	Mantener el empleo

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Empezó a tronar justo antes de la tormenta.verb

It started to thunder just before the storm.

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