rosca
See also: ROSCA
Catalan
Etymology 1
Unknown. In the sense of "pastry", perhaps borrowed or at least influenced by Spanish rosca.
Related terms
Further reading
- “rosca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Verb
rosca
- inflection of roscar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Galician
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)
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.
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “rosca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁoʃ.kɐ/ [ˈχoʃ.kɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁos.ka/ [ˈhos.ka]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁoʃ.kɐ/
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈroska/ [ˈros.ka]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oska
- Syllabification: ros‧ca
Etymology 1
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.
Noun
rosca f (plural roscas)
- doughnut, bagel
- doughnut-shaped object
- screw thread
- (handball) spin (rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces)
- (soccer) curl (arc-shaped trajectory of the ball through the air)
- Synonyms: (Spain) efecto, (Latin America) chanfle
- 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.
- (Eastern Canary Islands) popcorn
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita
- (Argentina, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, informal, politics) An influential and exclusive group of individuals who form a tightly knit circle; an elite.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: roskas
Verb
rosca
- inflection of roscar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “rosca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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