La manga de la chaqueta me roza la muñeca.

In Spanish, when talking about body parts, it is very common to use:

• an indirect object pronoun: me, te, le, nos, os, les
• plus the definite article: la, el, las, los

So me roza la muñeca literally works like it rubs/brushes against me on the wrist.

This is more natural in Spanish than using the possessive mi here. Since me already shows whose wrist it is, Spanish usually prefers la muñeca rather than mi muñeca.

Compare:

• Me duele la cabeza. = My head hurts
• Me he lavado las manos. = I washed my hands
• La manga me roza la muñeca. = The sleeve rubs against my wrist

Using mi muñeca is possible in some contexts, but here it sounds less natural.

Here me is an indirect object pronoun. It shows the person affected by the action.

So:

• La manga = the sleeve
• roza = rubs / brushes against
• me = to me / on me
• la muñeca = the wrist

The idea is that the sleeve is rubbing against my wrist, and I am the person affected.

Spanish often uses this structure with body parts and physical sensations.

Rozar usually means:

• to brush against
• to rub against
• sometimes to graze

In this sentence, it suggests light contact, not a strong hit.

So la manga me roza la muñeca means the sleeve is lightly rubbing or brushing against the wrist.

It is softer than verbs like:

• golpear = to hit
• apretar = to squeeze
• rascar = to scratch

This means the sleeve of the jacket.

Spanish often uses de where English uses of or an apostrophe:

• la puerta de la casa = the door of the house / the house’s door
• el color del coche = the colour of the car
• la manga de la chaqueta = the sleeve of the jacket

So de la chaqueta simply identifies which sleeve we mean.

Yes, absolutely.

That would mean The sleeve of my jacket rubs against my wrist.

Both are possible:

• La manga de la chaqueta... = the sleeve of the jacket
• La manga de mi chaqueta... = the sleeve of my jacket

The version with mi is more specific about ownership. The original sentence sounds more general or context-based, where the jacket is already understood.

Because three different feminine singular nouns/articles appear:

• La manga — manga is feminine
• la chaqueta — chaqueta is feminine
• la muñeca — muñeca is feminine

So each noun takes its own article.

This is completely normal in Spanish, even if it sounds repetitive to an English speaker.

Yes — muñeca can mean both:

• wrist
• doll

This is a common Spanish word with two meanings.

In this sentence, it clearly means wrist because of the context: a sleeve rubbing against a body part.

Examples:

• La niña tiene una muñeca nueva. = The girl has a new doll.
• Me duele la muñeca. = My wrist hurts.

Roza is the third person singular present tense of rozar.

Conjugation:

• yo rozo
• tú rozas
• él/ella/usted roza
• nosotros rozamos
• vosotros rozáis
• ellos/ellas/ustedes rozan

Here the subject is la manga, which is third person singular, so we use roza.

Because Spanish often expresses this idea directly with the verb rozar.

English often says:

• rub against
• brush against

Spanish can simply say:

• rozar algo
• rozarle algo a alguien

So instead of translating word for word, Spanish uses a structure that is natural in Spanish:

• La manga me roza la muñeca.

You could think of it as The sleeve is brushing my wrist.

It is possible in some contexts, but it is less natural here.

The most natural version is:

• La manga me roza la muñeca.

Adding en is usually unnecessary because the body part is already the direct object of the contact.

Spanish often prefers the simpler structure without a preposition in sentences like this.

In standard Peninsular Spanish, a rough pronunciation would be:

la MAN-ga de la cha-KE-ta me RO-tha la moo-NYE-ka

A few points:

• z in roza is pronounced like the th in think in most of Spain
• ll is usually pronounced like y in modern Spanish
• ñ in muñeca sounds like ny in canyon

So:

• roza ≈ RO-tha
• muñeca ≈ moo-NYE-ka

Sometimes, but the meaning changes.

• tocar = to touch
• rozar = to brush/rub lightly against

So:

• La manga me toca la muñeca = The sleeve touches my wrist
• La manga me roza la muñeca = The sleeve brushes/rubs against my wrist

Rozar gives a more specific sense of slight friction or repeated light contact.

The structure is:

Subject + indirect object pronoun + verb + direct object

So:

• La manga de la chaqueta = subject
• me = indirect object pronoun
• roza = verb
• la muñeca = direct object

Literally:

The sleeve of the jacket + to me + brushes + the wrist

Natural English:

The sleeve of the jacket brushes against my wrist.