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Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
rosco
- first-person singular present indicative of roscar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrosko/
- Rhymes: -osko
- Syllabification: ros‧co
Etymology 1
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Noun
rosco m (plural roscos)
- doughnut or other ring-shaped pastry
- zero, big fat zero (score in a test)
- ring (something ring-shaped)
2015 October 30, “Guía de secretos para ganar en ‘Pasapalabra’”, in El País:Paz Herrera, que el 27 de mayo de 2014 lograba completar el rosco tras haber batido el récord de permanencia en Pasapalabra con dos tandas de 54 y 87 programas, asegura que, en su caso, el secreto para vencer a la prueba final fue precisamente esa larga estancia.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
rosco
- first-person singular present indicative of roscar
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Venetan
Etymology
From Latin ruscum (“butcher's broom”).
Noun
rosco m (plural roschi)
- butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)
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