rociar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rōscidāre, derived from Latin rōscidus. Compare Spanish rociar, Catalan ruixar.

• Hyphenation: ro‧ci‧ar

rociar (first-person singular present rocio, first-person singular preterite rociei, past participle rociado)

1. (transitive) to cover with rattle; to dew
2. (transitive) to spray; to sprinkle
3. (intransitive) to form dew; to dew
4. (intransitive) to deposit in the form of (a) dew

Inherited from Old Spanish ruciar, from Vulgar Latin *rōscidāre, derived from Latin rōscidus. Compare Portuguese rociar, Catalan ruixar.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /roˈθjaɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /roˈsjaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ro‧ciar

rociar (first-person singular present rocío, first-person singular preterite rocié, past participle rociado)

1. (transitive) to sprinkle, spatter
2. (transitive) to spray, to douse
   • 2023 March 30, Virginia Martínez, “Nueve detenidos por arrojar pintura roja a uno de los leones del Congreso como protesta por la inacción climática”, in El País‎:

     Una decena de miembros de organizaciones contra el cambio climático se han subido este jueves a una de las esculturas de leones del Congreso de los Diputados y han rociado con pintura roja tanto la estatua como varios peldaños de las escaleras, dos columnas y parte de la pared.

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3. (intransitive) to drizzle or rain as dew

• “rociar”, 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