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Mosca

Mosca

See also: mosca and mósca

Italian

Proper noun

Mosca f

  1. Moscow

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mosca

mosca

See also: Mosca and mósca

Asturian

Noun

mosca f ‎(plural mosques)

  1. fly (insect)

Catalan

a mosca (a fly)

Etymology

From Latin musca.

Noun

mosca f ‎(plural mosques)

  1. fly (insect)

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin musca.

Noun

mosca f ‎(plural moscas)

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

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mosca f ‎(plural mosche)

  1. fly

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin musca.

Noun

mosca f (plural moscas)

  1. fly (insect)

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.

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Portuguese

mosca

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmoʃ.kɐ/
  • Hyphenation: mos‧ca

Noun

mosca f (plural moscas)

  1. fly (insect)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish mosca, from Latin musca, from a Proto-Indo-European root.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmos.ka]
  • Rhymes: -oskaɧ

Noun

mosca f ‎(plural moscas)

  1. fly
  2. (boxing) fly (boxing class)
  3. (television) digital on-screen graphic

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Etymology

From Latin musca.

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