rosca

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

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

rosca f (plural rosques)

1. screw thread

   Synonym: filet

2. a torus-shaped bread or pastry

• rosca d'Arquimedes
• roscar
• roscat

• rosquilla

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈroska̝/

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

• enroscar
• rosco
• rosquilla

• “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.

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.

rosca f (plural roscas)

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈroska/ [ˈros.ka]

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• Rhymes: -oska
• Syllabification: ros‧ca

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

rosca

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

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