# rosca
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈrɔs.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈros.ka]

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

rosca f (plural rosques)
* screw thread
    Synonym: filet
* a torus-shaped bread or pastry

##### Derived terms

* enroscar
* rosca d'Arquimedes
* roscar
* roscat

##### Related terms

* rosquilla

#### Further reading

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

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

rosca
* inflection of roscar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈroska/ [ˈros̺.kɐ]
* Rhymes: -oska
* Hyphenation: ros‧ca

### Noun

rosca f (plural roscas)
* any torus shaped bread or pastry
* screw thread
* spiral notch in the spindle
    Synonyms: maínzo, osca
* a vermin which attacks turnip crops

#### Related terms

* enroscar
* rosco
* rosquilla

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rosca”, 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), “rosca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rosca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “rosca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁos.kɐ/ [ˈhos.kɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁos.kɐ/ [ˈhos.kɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁoʃ.kɐ/ [ˈχoʃ.kɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁos.ka/ [ˈhos.ka]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁoʃ.kɐ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -oskɐ, (Portugal) -oʃkɐ

### Noun

rosca f (plural roscas)
* screw thread
* any ring-shaped pastry
* (colloquial, euphemistic) anus
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ânus

#### Derived terms

* enroscar
* queimar a rosca
* rosquinha

### Further reading

* “rosca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈroska/ [ˈros.ka]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oska
* Syllabification: ros‧ca

### Etymology 1

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.

#### Noun

rosca f (plural roscas)
* doughnut, bagel
* doughnut-shaped object
* screw thread
* (handball) spin (rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces)
* (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.
* (Canary Islands) popcorn
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita
* (El Salvador, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense, informal, politics) a cartel; a conspiracy
* (Chile, Rioplatense, slang) a fight
* Clipping of roscazo.

##### Derived terms

* desenroscar
* enroscar
* pasarse de rosca
* rosca de reyes
* roscado
* roscador
* roscar
* rosquilla
* taparrosca

##### Descendants

* → Tagalog: roskas
* → Tunisian Arabic: روشكة (rūška)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

rosca
* inflection of roscar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “rosca”, 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