rosca

rosca

See also: ROSCA

Catalan

Etymology

Unknown. In the sense of "pastry", perhaps borrowed or at least influenced by Spanish rosca.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔs.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔs.ka/

Noun

rosca f (plural rosques)

1. screw thread

   Synonym: filet

2. a torus-shaped bread or pastry

Derived terms

• rosca d'Arquimedes
• roscar
• roscat

Related terms

• rosquilla

Further reading

• “rosca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Roscas or rosquillas for sale at a fair

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a Germanic source *raþiską (“spinning object”), from *raþą (“wheel”); ultimately probably from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroska̝/

Noun

rosca f (plural roscas)

1. any torus shaped bread or pastry
2. screw thread
3. spiral notch in the spindle

   Synonyms: maínzo, osca

4. a vermin which attacks turnip crops

Related terms

• enroscar
• rosco
• rosquilla

References

• “rosca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rosca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rosca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “rosca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Portuguese

Etymology

Probably from a Germanic source *rothsko (“spinning object”), from *rotha (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”), though a Celtiberian or another a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia language is possible.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁos.kɐ/ [ˈhos.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁos.kɐ/ [ˈhos.kɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁoʃ.kɐ/ [ˈχoʃ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁos.ka/ [ˈhos.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁoʃ.kɐ/

Noun

rosca f (plural roscas)

1. screw thread
2. any ring-shaped pastry
3. (slang) anus

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Spanish

Etymology

Probably from a Germanic source *raþiską (“spinning object”), from *raþą (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”), though a Celtiberian or another a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia language is possible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroska/ [ˈros.ka]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oska
• Syllabification: ros‧ca

Noun

rosca f (plural roscas)

1. doughnut, bagel
2. doughnut-shaped object
3. screw thread
4. (handball) spin (rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces)
5. (soccer) curl (arc-shaped trajectory of the ball through the air)

   En el minuto seis Falcao ha marcado con un gran disparo de rosca por la escuadra.

   In the 6th minute, Falcao scored with a great curled shot for the team.

   Synonyms: (Spain) efecto, (Latin America) chanfle

6. (Eastern Canary Islands) popcorn

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita

Derived terms

• desenroscar
• enroscar
• pasarse de rosca
• roscado
• roscador
• roscar
• rosquilla
• taparrosca

 

Verb

rosca

1. inflection of roscar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “rosca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014