enroscar

Catalan

Etymology

From en- ‎ rosca ‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ən.rusˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ən.rosˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en.rosˈkaɾ]

Verb

enroscar (first-person singular present enrosco, first-person singular preterite enrosquí, past participle enroscat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɔ/; (Valencia) /o/

1. (transitive) to coil
2. (transitive) to screw in/together

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enroscar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			enroscar
gerund			enroscant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enroscat		enroscada
		plural		enroscats		enroscades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enrosco	enrosques	enrosca	enrosquem	enrosqueu	enrosquen
	imperfect	enroscava	enroscaves	enroscava	enroscàvem	enroscàveu	enroscaven
	future	enroscaré	enroscaràs	enroscarà	enroscarem	enroscareu	enroscaran
	preterite	enrosquí	enroscares	enroscà	enroscàrem	enroscàreu	enroscaren
	conditional	enroscaria	enroscaries	enroscaria	enroscaríem	enroscaríeu	enroscarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	enrosqui	enrosquis	enrosqui	enrosquem	enrosqueu	enrosquin
	imperfect	enrosqués	enrosquessis	enrosqués	enrosquéssim	enrosquéssiu	enrosquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	enrosca	enrosqui	enrosquem	enrosqueu	enrosquin
	negative (no)	—	no enrosquis	no enrosqui	no enrosquem	no enrosqueu	no enrosquin

Derived terms

• desenroscar

Further reading

• “enroscar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁosˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.hosˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁosˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.hosˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁosˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.hosˈka(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁosˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.hosˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁosˈka(ɾ)/ [ẽ.hosˈka(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁosˈka(ɾ)/ [ĩ.hosˈka(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁoʃˈka(ʁ)/ [ẽ.χoʃˈka(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁoʃˈka(ʁ)/ [ĩ.χoʃˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʁosˈka(ɻ)/ [ẽ.hosˈka(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʁosˈka(ɻ)/ [ĩ.hosˈka(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʁuʃˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʁuʃˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʁuʃˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: en‧ros‧car

Verb

enroscar (first-person singular present enrosco, first-person singular preterite enrosquei, past participle enroscado)

1. to coil up
   • 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:

     Enroscado sobre si mesmo, como se tivesse querido proteger o derradeiro calor do ventre, não se moveu apesar da chuva que começara a cair mais grossa.

     Coiled up around himself, as if he had wanted to protect the last warmth of his belly, he did not move despite the rain, which had started falling more heavily.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enroscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	enroscar
Personal	enroscar	enroscares	enroscar	enroscarmos	enroscardes	enroscarem
Gerund
	enroscando
Past participle
Masculine	enroscado			enroscados
Feminine	enroscada			enroscadas
Indicative
Present	enrosco	enroscas	enrosca	enroscamos	enroscais	enroscam
Imperfect	enroscava	enroscavas	enroscava	enroscávamos	enroscáveis	enroscavam
Preterite	enrosquei	enroscaste	enroscou	enroscamos1, enroscámos2	enroscastes	enroscaram
Pluperfect	enroscara	enroscaras	enroscara	enroscáramos	enroscáreis	enroscaram
Future	enroscarei	enroscarás	enroscará	enroscaremos	enroscareis	enroscarão
Conditional	enroscaria	enroscarias	enroscaria	enroscaríamos	enroscaríeis	enroscariam
Subjunctive
Present	enrosque	enrosques	enrosque	enrosquemos	enrosqueis	enrosquem
Imperfect	enroscasse	enroscasses	enroscasse	enroscássemos	enroscásseis	enroscassem
Future	enroscar	enroscares	enroscar	enroscarmos	enroscardes	enroscarem
Imperative
Affirmative		enrosca	enrosque	enrosquemos	enroscai	enrosquem
Negative (não)		não enrosques	não enrosque	não enrosquemos	não enrosqueis	não enrosquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From en- ‎ rosca ‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enrosˈkaɾ/ [ẽn.rosˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧ros‧car

Verb

enroscar (first-person singular present enrosco, first-person singular preterite enrosqué, past participle enroscado)

1. to screw in

   Antonym: desenroscar

2. to coil; to coil up

   Antonym: desenroscar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enroscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enroscar
gerund			enroscando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enroscado		enroscada
		plural		enroscados		enroscadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enrosco	enroscastú enroscásvos	enrosca	enroscamos	enroscáis	enroscan
	imperfect	enroscaba	enroscabas	enroscaba	enroscábamos	enroscabais	enroscaban
	preterite	enrosqué	enroscaste	enroscó	enroscamos	enroscasteis	enroscaron
	future	enroscaré	enroscarás	enroscará	enroscaremos	enroscaréis	enroscarán
	conditional	enroscaría	enroscarías	enroscaría	enroscaríamos	enroscaríais	enroscarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enrosque	enrosquestú enrosquésvos2	enrosque	enrosquemos	enrosquéis	enrosquen
	imperfect (ra)	enroscara	enroscaras	enroscara	enroscáramos	enroscarais	enroscaran
	imperfect (se)	enroscase	enroscases	enroscase	enroscásemos	enroscaseis	enroscasen
	future1	enroscare	enroscares	enroscare	enroscáremos	enroscareis	enroscaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enroscatú enroscávos	enrosque	enrosquemos	enroscad	enrosquen
	negative		no enrosques	no enrosque	no enrosquemos	no enrosquéis	no enrosquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of enroscar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive enroscar
	dative	enroscarme	enroscarte	enroscarle, enroscarse	enroscarnos	enroscaros	enroscarles, enroscarse
	accusative	enroscarme	enroscarte	enroscarlo, enroscarla, enroscarse	enroscarnos	enroscaros	enroscarlos, enroscarlas, enroscarse
with gerund enroscando
	dative	enroscándome	enroscándote	enroscándole, enroscándose	enroscándonos	enroscándoos	enroscándoles, enroscándose
	accusative	enroscándome	enroscándote	enroscándolo, enroscándola, enroscándose	enroscándonos	enroscándoos	enroscándolos, enroscándolas, enroscándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enrosca
	dative	enróscame	enróscate	enróscale	enróscanos	not used	enróscales
	accusative	enróscame	enróscate	enróscalo, enróscala	enróscanos	not used	enróscalos, enróscalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enroscá
	dative	enroscame	enroscate	enroscale	enroscanos	not used	enroscales
	accusative	enroscame	enroscate	enroscalo, enroscala	enroscanos	not used	enroscalos, enroscalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enrosque
	dative	enrósqueme	not used	enrósquele, enrósquese	enrósquenos	not used	enrósqueles
	accusative	enrósqueme	not used	enrósquelo, enrósquela, enrósquese	enrósquenos	not used	enrósquelos, enrósquelas
with first-person plural imperative enrosquemos
	dative	not used	enrosquémoste	enrosquémosle	enrosquémonos	enrosquémoos	enrosquémosles
	accusative	not used	enrosquémoste	enrosquémoslo, enrosquémosla	enrosquémonos	enrosquémoos	enrosquémoslos, enrosquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enroscad
	dative	enroscadme	not used	enroscadle	enroscadnos	enroscaos	enroscadles
	accusative	enroscadme	not used	enroscadlo, enroscadla	enroscadnos	enroscaos	enroscadlos, enroscadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enrosquen
	dative	enrósquenme	not used	enrósquenle	enrósquennos	not used	enrósquenles, enrósquense
	accusative	enrósquenme	not used	enrósquenlo, enrósquenla	enrósquennos	not used	enrósquenlos, enrósquenlas, enrósquense

Further reading

• “enroscar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28