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rosca

ring-shaped bread roll

noun RROHS-kah Rare

Also means

thread (of a screw)

Usage Note

Rosca covers a wide range of ring-shaped objects: a bread roll or pastry ring, the thread of a bolt or screw (rosca de tornillo), or an inflatable ring. The idiomatic phrase no comerse una rosca (literally 'not to eat a single roll') means to have no success at all, especially romantically, in colloquial Spanish.

Examples

"Compramos una rosca de Reyes para celebrar."

Natural Translation

We bought a Three Kings bread ring to celebrate.

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