"mosca" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmoska/, [ˈmos.ka] Forms: moscas [plural]
Rhymes: -oska Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish mosca, from Latin musca, from a Proto-Indo-European root *mus-, *mu-, *mew-. Compare English midge. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|mosca|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish mosca, {{inh+|es|osp|mosca}} Inherited from Old Spanish mosca, {{inh|es|la|musca}} Latin musca, {{der|es|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{cog|en|midge}} English midge Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} mosca f (plural moscas)
  1. fly (any insect of the order Diptera) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mosca-es-noun-90P7vETw Categories (other): Dipterans Disambiguation of Dipterans: 17 11 36 32 3
  2. (boxing) fly (boxing class) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mosca-es-noun-B6PdTFes Categories (other): Boxing, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Dipterans Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 5 11 38 37 8 Disambiguation of Dipterans: 17 11 36 32 3 Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
  3. (television) digital on-screen graphic Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-mosca-es-noun-1yQL6vXb Categories (other): Television, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Dipterans Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 5 0 7 6 0 0 1 0 6 4 1 0 6 1 5 5 4 5 1 6 0 0 6 0 1 1 7 6 0 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 5 11 38 37 8 Disambiguation of Dipterans: 17 11 36 32 3 Topics: broadcasting, media, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈmoska/, [ˈmos.ka]
Rhymes: -oska Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} mosca
  1. inflection of moscar:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: moscar
    Sense id: en-mosca-es-verb-fKTo~W1a Categories (other): Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Dipterans Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 5 0 7 6 0 0 1 0 6 4 1 0 6 1 5 5 4 5 1 6 0 0 6 0 1 1 7 6 0 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 5 11 38 37 8 Disambiguation of Dipterans: 17 11 36 32 3
  2. inflection of moscar:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: moscar
    Sense id: en-mosca-es-verb-r0z~oYEE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ala de mosca"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mosca de Milán"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mosca del vinagre"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mosca panteonera"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mosca soldado"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "moscardón"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "moscón"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈmos.ka]"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-oska"
    }
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  ],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Spanish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.