# rozar
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* roçar (Reintegrationist)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese roçar, from Vulgar Latin *ruptiāre, from Latin ruptus (“broken”). Compare Portuguese roçar and Spanish rozar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /roˈθaɾ/ [roˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (standard) /roˈθaɾ/ [roˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (seseo) /roˈsaɾ/ [roˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### 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
* to rub
* to skim

#### Derived terms

* roza
* Roza
* Rozada
* Rozadas
* Rozadela
* Rozadelas
* Rozas

#### Related terms

* romper
* roto

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “roça”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rozar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rozar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rozar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ruptiāre, from Latin ruptus (“broken”). Compare Portuguese roçar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /roˈθaɾ/ [roˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /roˈsaɾ/ [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:la tela de un vestido de mujer que roza el suelo al andarthe fabric of a woman's dress brushing the ground as she walks
* (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.“We're on the brink of collapsing,” warns Gemma Hernández, the head of mobile services.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* roce
* roza
* rozador
* rozadora
* rozadura
* rozamiento

#### Related terms

* romper
* roto

### Further reading

* “rozar”, 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