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mosca

Meaning

  1. (feminine) fly (insect)
  2. (broadly, feminine, figuratively) fly (lure)
  3. (broadly, feminine, figuratively, historical) beauty spot
  4. (broadly, feminine, figuratively) soul patch (narrow beard)
  5. (broadly, feminine, figuratively, in-plural) Black spots on a horse's coat.
  6. (broadly, feminine, figuratively) a roasted coffee bean sometimes served with sambuca
  7. (feminine) a small ball of plastic material used to verify the thickness of the various parts of a mold
  8. (feminine, historical) aviso, advice boat

Concepts

fly
✈️
Moscow
bow tie
housefly
fly
✈️
lure
mosquito
🦟
goatee
beauty spot
bee
🐝
bug
🐛
bait
Synonyms

ape
C1
🐝
moscerino
39k
neo
C2
pizzo
C2

mosca comune

Translations

Fliege
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mouche
🪰
mosca
✈️
mosca
✈️
vlieg
✈️
mosca
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μύγα

sinek
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mêş
✈️
musca
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ذبابة
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mosca

Moscou
diptère
Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
mó‧sca
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmos.ka/
Etymology

From Latin musca, from a Proto-Indo-European root *mus-, *mu-, *mew-. Compare Spanish mosca.

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