roca

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.ka/

roca f (plural roques)

1. rock

• pedra f

From Gothic rukka, 𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (rukka), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô, related to Old High German rocko.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔka̝/

roca f (plural rocas)

1. spinning distaff (part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun)

   En cada terra seu uso, en cada roca seu fuso.

   In every country its customs, for every distaff its spindle.

   (proverb)

• rocazo

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese roca (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Medieval Latin rocca, from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of unknown origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔka̝/

roca f (plural rocas)

1. rock

   Synonyms: pena, penedo

• rocha

• “roca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “roca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “roca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “roca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “roca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “roca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

roca

1. present subjunctive analytic of roc

roca

1. feminine singular of roco

• acro, arco, caro, ocra, orca

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.kɐ/

From Gothic rukka, 𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (rukka), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô, related to Old High German rocko.[1]

roca f (plural rocas)

1. (spinning) distaff (part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun)

See rocha

roca f (plural rocas)

1. seacliff (cliff by the sea)

• rocha

roca

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of rocar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of rocar

• IPA^(key): /ˈroka/

From Medieval Latin rocca, from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of uncertain origin, probably Celtic and most likely pre-Roman substrate.

Cognate with Italian rocca, English rock, French roche, and Breton r'och.

roca f (plural rocas)

1. rock

• peña
• piedra

• rocoso

See the etymology of the main entry.

roca

1. feminine singular of roco

• “roca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.