enroscar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
enroscar (first-person singular present enrosco, first-person singular preterite enrosquí, past participle enroscat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɔ/; (Valencian) /o/
- (transitive) to coil
- (transitive) to screw in/together
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of enroscar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “enroscar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁosˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.hosˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁosˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.hosˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁosˈka(ɾ)/ [ẽ.hosˈka(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁosˈka(ɾ)/ [ĩ.hosˈka(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁoʃˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.χoʃˈka(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁoʃˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.χoʃˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁosˈka(ɻ)/ [ẽ.hosˈka(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁosˈka(ɻ)/ [ĩ.hosˈka(ɻ)]
- Hyphenation: en‧ros‧car
Verb edit
enroscar (first-person singular present enrosco, first-person singular preterite enrosquei, past participle enroscado)
- to coil up
- 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:
- Enroscado sobre si mesmo, como se tivesse querido proteger o derradeiro calor do ventre, não se moveu apesar da chuva que começara a cair mais grossa.
- Coiled up around himself, as if he had wanted to protect the last warmth of his belly, he did not move despite the rain, which had started falling more heavily.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of enroscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
enroscar (first-person singular present enrosco, first-person singular preterite enrosqué, past participle enroscado)
- to screw in
- Antonym: desenroscar
- to coil; to coil up
- Antonym: desenroscar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of enroscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of enroscar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading edit
- “enroscar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014