enroscar

From en- +‎ rosca +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

enroscar (first-person singular present enrosco, first-person singular preterite enrosquí, past participle enroscat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɔ/; (Valencia) /o/

1. (transitive) to coil
2. (transitive) to screw in/together

• desenroscar

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

• Hyphenation: en‧ros‧car

enroscar (first-person singular present enrosco, first-person singular preterite enrosquei, past participle enroscado)

1. 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.

From en- +‎ rosca +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /enrosˈkaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧ros‧car

enroscar (first-person singular present enrosco, first-person singular preterite enrosqué, past participle enroscado)

1. to screw in

   Antonym: desenroscar

2. to coil; to coil up

   Antonym: desenroscar

• “enroscar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10