mosca

Noun

1. (feminine) fly (various insects in the order Diptera)
2. (feminine) soul patch (narrow beard)
3. (feminine) bullseye (centre of a target)
4. (colloquial, feminine) an annoying person

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of moscar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of moscar:

moscar

1. (Brazil, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive) to behave inattentively, obliviously, or uncarefully
2. (Brazil, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive) to doze, to slumber (to sleep very briefly and unintentionally)

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmos.kɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: musca

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese mosca, from Latin musca, from a Proto-Indo-European root *mus-, *mu-, *mew-.

Concepts

fly

✈️

housefly

flies

house fly

Diptera

bulls-eye

Musca domestica

true flies

two winged flies

blowfly

bull's eye

bow tie

Synonyms

Diptera

laço

mosca doméstica

Moscas

Mosca doméstica

Mosca-doméstica

isca

gravata-borboleta

Translations

mosca

✈️

mouche

🪰

Fliege

🪰

vlieg

✈️

mosca

🪰

mucha

mosca

🪰

μύγα

sinek

🪰

musca

🪰

ذبابة

🪰

mêş

✈️

mosca

mouche domestique

Stubenfliege

Sentences

Nenhuma mosca voa na boca fechada .

No fly flies in its closed mouth.

Matando uma mosca para abril , dez mil são mortos .

Killing a fly for April, ten thousand are killed.