rosca
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unknown. In the sense of "pastry", perhaps borrowed or at least influenced by Spanish rosca.
Noun edit
rosca f (plural rosques)
- screw thread
- Synonym: filet
- a torus-shaped bread or pastry
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “rosca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
rosca
- inflection of roscar:
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Perhaps from a Germanic source *raþiską (“spinning object”), from *raþą (“wheel”); ultimately probably from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rosca f (plural roscas)
- any torus shaped bread or pastry
- screw thread
- spiral notch in the spindle
- a vermin which attacks turnip crops
Related terms edit
References edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
rosca f (plural roscas)
- screw thread
- any ring-shaped pastry
- (slang) anus
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
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)
- (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 edit
Descendants edit
- → Tagalog: roskas
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
rosca
- inflection of roscar:
Further reading edit
- “rosca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014