mosca

See also: Mosca and mósca

Aragonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mosca f (plural moscas)

1. fly (insect)

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “mosca”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin musca.

Noun

mosca f (plural mosques)

1. fly (insect)

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Catalan

a mosca (a fly)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmos.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmos.ka]

Noun

mosca f (plural mosques)

1. fly (insect)

Related terms

• moscallejar
• moscalló
• moscam
• moscard
• moscarda
• mosquejar
• mosquer
• mosquera
• mosquit

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese mosca, from Latin musca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoska̝/

Noun

mosca f (plural moscas)

1. fly (insect)
2. (television) digital on-screen graphic

Derived terms

• mosca beira
• mosca caíña
• mosca caira
• moscar
• moscardo
• Moscosas
• Moscoso
• mosquear
• mosqueira
• mosqueiro
• Mosqueiro
• Mosqueiros
• mosquitar
• mosquito
• Pena Moscosa

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mosca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “mosca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

mosca f (plural mosche)

1. fly

Derived terms

• occhio di mosca

Related terms

• moscaio
• moscaiola
• moscerino
• moscone

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Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mosca f (plural moscas)

1. fly (insect)

References

• AEDLL

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan mosca, from Latin musca.

Noun

mosca f (plural moscas)

1. fly (insect)

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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin muscam, accusative of musca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmos.ka]

Noun

mosca f (plural moscas)

1. fly
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 31v.

     Et ſi tomaren cinco moſcas o ſiete ¬ les tollieren las cabeças ¬ las machucaren con eſta piedra. ¬ las puſieren ſobre la ferida dela bieſpa, ſana luego ¬ faz perder la dolor.

     And if the took five flies, or seven, and they took their heads and crushed them with this stone, and they put them on a wasp sting, it would then heal it and alleviate the pain.

Related terms

• mosquito (“mosquito”)

Descendants

• Ladino: moshka (Latin spelling), מושקה (Hebrew spelling)
• Spanish: mosca

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Portuguese

mosca

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmos.ka/, /ˈmoʃ.ka/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmoʃ.kɐ/
• Hyphenation: mos‧ca

Noun

mosca f (plural moscas)

1. fly (insect)
2. soul patch (narrow beard)

Related terms

• mosquito

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoska/ [ˈmos.ka]
• Rhymes: -oska

Noun

mosca f (plural moscas)

1. fly (any insect of the order Diptera)
2. (boxing) fly (boxing class)
3. (television) digital on-screen graphic

Derived terms

• atrapamoscas
• caer como moscas
• matamoscas
• mosca muerta
• moscarda
• moscardón
• mosco
• mosquito
• papamoscas
• por si las moscas

 

Related terms

• amoscar

External links

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