rosca

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) doughnut, bagel
2. (feminine) doughnut-shaped object
3. (feminine) screw thread
4. (feminine) spin (rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces)
5. (feminine) curl (arc-shaped trajectory of the ball through the air)
6. (Canary-Islands, feminine) popcorn
7. (Bolivia, Colombia, El-Salvador, Panama, Paraguay, Rioplatense, Venezuela, feminine, informal) a cartel; a conspiracy
8. (Chile, Rioplatense, feminine, slang) a fight
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, feminine) clipping of roscazo

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of roscar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of roscar:

🧵

roscar

to thread (a screw)

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Concepts

roll

thread

🧵

bagel

🥯

screw

screw thread

see en rosca

spiral

coil

ring

💍

ring-shaped roll

Synonyms

filete

rosquilla

🍩

rollo

panecillo

preferencia

tornillo

anilla

💍

hombre afeminado

indígena

palomitas de maíz

baranka

influencias

bagel

🥯

el mismo grupo de amigos

homosexual

monopolio

Translations

rosca

Gewinde

🧵

spira

petit pain

panino

filetto

Schraube

solc

σπείρωμα

filet

arrotolato

πάσο

Gewindegang

filettatura

filetage

Hyphenated as

ros‧ca

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈroska/

Etymology

Probably from a Germanic source *raþiską (“spinning object”), from *raþą (“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”), though a Celtiberian or another Paleo-Hispanic language is possible.