rozar
Spanish, verb/roˈθaɾ/
rozar is spelled R-O-Z-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,106th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rozar is a Spanish verb meaning “to clear or scrape land” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apenas tocar en movimiento un borde de un cuerpo físico a otro”.
What does rozar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clear or scrape land
- 2
to graze, to brush (touch lightly and briefly)
- 3
to border (on) (be close to)
un salario que roza los mil euros
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Apenas tocar en movimiento un borde de un cuerpo físico a otro. 2. Limpiar el terreno de malezas y hierbas en preparación para el cultivo o sembrado. 3. Cortar en trozos pequeños la hierba o la leña. 4. Arrancar con los dientes un animal la hierba para comerla.
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 rozar
- rozo first-person present singular
- rocé first-person preterite singular
- rozado participle past
- c-z alternation
- rozando gerund
- rozada feminine participle past
- rozados masculine participle past
- rozadas feminine participle past
- rozas indicative informal present
- rozás indicative informal present
- roza indicative present singular
- rozamos first-person indicative plural
- rozáis indicative plural present
- rozan indicative plural present
- rozaba first-person imperfect indicative
- rozabas imperfect indicative second-person
- rozábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- rozabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rozar?
- /roˈθaɾ/
- [roˈθaɾ]
- /roˈsaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rozar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rozar in Spanish?
rozar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).