rosco

See also: ROSCO

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈrɔs.ku]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈrɔs.ko]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈros.ko]

Verb

rosco

1. first-person singular present indicative of roscar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrosko/ [ˈros.ko]
• Rhymes: -osko
• Syllabification: ros‧co

Etymology 1

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Noun

rosco m (plural roscos)

1. doughnut or other ring-shaped pastry
2. zero, big fat zero (score in a test)
3. ring (something ring-shaped)
   • 2015 October 30, “Guía de secretos para ganar en ‘Pasapalabra’”, in El País‎:

     Paz Herrera, que el 27 de mayo de 2014 lograba completar el rosco tras haber batido el récord de permanencia en Pasapalabra con dos tandas de 54 y 87 programas, asegura que, en su caso, el secreto para vencer a la prueba final fue precisamente esa larga estancia.

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Derived terms

• no comerse un rosco

Related terms

• rosca
• roscón

Etymology 2

Verb

rosco

1. first-person singular present indicative of roscar

Further reading

• “rosco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin ruscum (“butcher's broom”).

Noun

rosco m (plural roschi)

1. butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)

Further reading

• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867), “rosco”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 584