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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese roçar, from Vulgar Latin *ruptiāre, from Latin ruptus (“broken”). Compare Portuguese roçar and Spanish rozar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roˈθaɾ/, (western) /roˈsaɾ/
Verb
rozar (first-person singular present rozo, first-person singular preterite rocei, past participle rozado)
- to break up a field
- Synonym: cavar
- to slash and burn a field
- Synonyms: cachar, estivar
- to clean or mow brambles and bushes
- Synonym: desbravar
1455, María del Carmen Sánchez Carrera, editor, El Bajo Miño en el siglo XV. El espacio y los hombres, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 336:primeiramente que lle roçasen toda enderredor osilvar e mato hua braça que sobra sobre a dita vinna e mays en fondo dela apo quanto que estava muyto rara e em outros lugares que a ontrechatasem ou encasasem e que aestes chantamentos ou encasamentos que lle deytasen tres carros desterco e por quanto non fora arrendada que a cavasen toda en este mes de ianeiro primeiro que ven, sendo primeiramente rosado todo enderredor e o silvar e mato que sae por cima da dita vinna e de mays que daqui endeante desen cada vinna em cada hun anno duas cavas en sua sazon- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to rub
- to skim
Conjugation
Conjugation of rozar (c-z alternation)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “roça” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “rozar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “rozar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “rozar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ruptiāre, from Latin ruptus (“broken”). Compare Portuguese roçar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /roˈθaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /roˈsaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ro‧zar
Verb
rozar (first-person singular present rozo, first-person singular preterite rocé, past participle rozado)
- to clear or scrape land
- Synonyms: desmatar, desbrozar, clarear
- to graze, to brush (touch lightly and briefly)
1904, Luis Ruiz Contreras, translating Anatole France, Thaïs. La cortesana de Alejandría, chapter IV:
- (figurative) to border (on) (be close to)
- un salario que roza los mil euros ― a salary bordering on a thousand euros
- roza la perfección ― it borders on perfection
- El descuento roza el 40%. ― The discount is close to 40%.
2020 July 16, “Una sanitaria en L’Hospitalet de Llobregat: “El ambulatorio roza el colapso, peor que en abril””, in El País:“Estamos rozando el colapso”, advierte Gemma Hernández, la jefa de servicio del ambulatorio.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of rozar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| with infinitive rozar
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| dative
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rozarme
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rozarte
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rozarle, rozarse
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rozarnos
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rozaros
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rozarles, rozarse
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| accusative
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rozarme
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rozarte
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rozarlo, rozarla, rozarse
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rozarnos
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rozaros
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rozarlos, rozarlas, rozarse
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| with gerund rozando
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| dative
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rozándome
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rozándote
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rozándole, rozándose
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rozándonos
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rozándoos
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rozándoles, rozándose
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| accusative
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rozándome
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rozándote
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rozándolo, rozándola, rozándose
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rozándonos
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rozándoos
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rozándolos, rozándolas, rozándose
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| with informal second-person singular tú imperative roza
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| dative
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rózame
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rózate
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rózale
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rózanos
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not used
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rózales
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| accusative
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rózame
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rózate
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rózalo, rózala
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rózanos
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not used
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rózalos, rózalas
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| with informal second-person singular vos imperative rozá
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| dative
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rozame
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rozate
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rozale
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rozanos
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not used
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rozales
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| accusative
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rozame
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rozate
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rozalo, rozala
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rozanos
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not used
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rozalos, rozalas
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| with formal second-person singular imperative roce
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| dative
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róceme
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not used
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rócele, rócese
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rócenos
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not used
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róceles
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| accusative
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róceme
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not used
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rócelo, rócela, rócese
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rócenos
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not used
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rócelos, rócelas
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| with first-person plural imperative rocemos
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| dative
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not used
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rocémoste
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rocémosle
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rocémonos
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rocémoos
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rocémosles
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| accusative
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not used
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rocémoste
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rocémoslo, rocémosla
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rocémonos
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rocémoos
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rocémoslos, rocémoslas
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| with informal second-person plural imperative rozad
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| dative
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rozadme
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not used
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rozadle
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rozadnos
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rozaos
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rozadles
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| accusative
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rozadme
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not used
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rozadlo, rozadla
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rozadnos
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rozaos
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rozadlos, rozadlas
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| with formal second-person plural imperative rocen
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| dative
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rócenme
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not used
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rócenle
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rócennos
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not used
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rócenles, rócense
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| accusative
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rócenme
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not used
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rócenlo, rócenla
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rócennos
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not used
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rócenlos, rócenlas, rócense
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Derived terms
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