rociar
Spanish, verb/roˈθjaɾ/
rociar is spelled R-O-C-I-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 51,418th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rociar is a Spanish verb meaning “to sprinkle, spatter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Esparcir gotas menudas de agua o de otro líquido”.
What does rociar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sprinkle, spatter
- 2
to spray, to douse
- 3
to drizzle or rain as dew
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Esparcir gotas menudas de agua o de otro líquido. 2. Lanzar objetos de modo que se dispersen. 3. Gratificar –en juegos de azar– un jugador a quien le facilita dinero.
verb: 1. Precipitar, sobre la tierra el rocío o la llovizna ligera.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rociar
- rocío first-person present singular
- rocié first-person preterite singular
- rociado participle past
- i-í alternation
- rociando gerund
- rociada feminine participle past
- rociados masculine participle past
- rociadas feminine participle past
- rocías indicative informal present
- rociás indicative informal present
- rocía indicative present singular
- rociamos first-person indicative plural
- rociáis indicative plural present
- rocían indicative plural present
- rociaba first-person imperfect indicative
- rociabas imperfect indicative second-person
- rociábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- rociabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rociar?
- /roˈθjaɾ/
- [roˈθjaɾ]
- /roθiˈaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rociar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rociar in Spanish?
rociar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).