rosca

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

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

rosca f (plural rosques)

1. screw thread

   Synonym: filet

2. a torus-shaped bread or pastry

• rosquilla

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

rosca

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

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

• 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈroska/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oska
• Syllabification: ros‧ca

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.

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)

   Synonyms: (Spain) efecto, (Latin America) chanfle

   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.

6. (Eastern Canary Islands) popcorn

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita

7. (Argentina, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, informal, politics) An influential and exclusive group of individuals who form a tightly knit circle; an elite.

• → Tagalog: roskas

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