roscar
Spanish, verb/rosˈkaɾ/
roscar is spelled R-O-S-C-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish, the 191,875th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roscar is a Spanish verb meaning “to thread (a screw)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tallar la superficie de un sólido para formar una rosca”.
What does roscar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to thread (a screw)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tallar la superficie de un sólido para formar una rosca.
verb: 1. Variante de rosquear (participar en la rosca política).
verb: 1. Variante de rociar (caer rocío).
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 roscar
- rosco first-person present singular
- rosqué first-person preterite singular
- roscado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- roscando gerund
- roscada feminine participle past
- roscados masculine participle past
- roscadas feminine participle past
- roscas indicative informal present
- roscás indicative informal present
- rosca indicative present singular
- roscamos first-person indicative plural
- roscáis indicative plural present
- roscan indicative plural present
- roscaba first-person imperfect indicative
- roscabas imperfect indicative second-person
- roscábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- roscabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce roscar?
- /rosˈkaɾ/
- [rosˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is roscar in Spanish?
roscar appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).