"mosquito" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /mosˈkito/, [mosˈki.t̪o] Forms: mosquitos [plural]
Rhymes: -ito Etymology: From mosca + -ito (diminutive suffix), or Old Spanish moquito. Cognate with Sicilian muschitta (“midge”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|es|mosca|ito}} mosca + -ito, {{inh|es|osp|moquito}} Old Spanish moquito, {{cog|scn|muschitta||midge}} Sicilian muschitta (“midge”) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} mosquito m (plural mosquitos)
  1. mosquito Tags: masculine Synonyms: zancudo, moyote, cénzalo
    Sense id: en-mosquito-es-noun-0ZlJw9Qi
  2. gnat Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Dipterans
    Sense id: en-mosquito-es-noun-bQ7Xp-ef Disambiguation of Dipterans: 2 45 46 6
  3. (Mexico, colloquial) trimmer Tags: Mexico, colloquial, masculine Categories (lifeform): Dipterans, Insects
    Sense id: en-mosquito-es-noun-y20zn1vq Disambiguation of Dipterans: 2 45 46 6 Disambiguation of Insects: 4 6 86 5 Categories (other): Mexican Spanish, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms suffixed with -ito Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 1 21 21 13 21 0 0 10 0 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 8 88 3 Disambiguation of Spanish terms suffixed with -ito: 5 6 84 5
  4. (literal) diminutive of mosco (“small fly”) Tags: diminutive, form-of, masculine Form of: mosco (extra: small fly)
    Sense id: en-mosquito-es-noun-Z-ZNZMCU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cerebro de mosquito, mosquitero, mosquito simúlido, mosquito tigre Related terms: jején [masculine]

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cerebro de mosquito"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mosquitero"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mosquito simúlido"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mosquito tigre"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "маскі́т",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Belarusian: маскі́т (maskít)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Belarusian: маскі́т (maskít)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "muskiet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: muskiet\nAfrikaans: muskiet\nBerbice Creole Dutch: maskiti\nNegerhollands: moeskit, moskite, muskit, moskit\n→ Sranan Tongo: maskita\n→ Caribbean Hindustani: maskitá\n→ Caribbean Javanese: maskitah",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: muskiet\nAfrikaans: muskiet\nBerbice Creole Dutch: maskiti\nNegerhollands: moeskit, moskite, muskit, moskit\n→ Sranan Tongo: maskita\n→ Caribbean Hindustani: maskitá\n→ Caribbean Javanese: maskitah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "moskito",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: moskito",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: moskito"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mosquito",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: mosquito\n→ Cornish: moskito\nJamaican Creole: maskitta",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: mosquito\n→ Cornish: moskito\nJamaican Creole: maskitta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "moskiito",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Estonian: moskiito",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Estonian: moskiito"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "moustique",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: moustique",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "with metathesis"
          },
          "expansion": "(with metathesis)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: moustique (with metathesis)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Moskito",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Moskito",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Moskito"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "moskítófluga",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ Icelandic: moskítófluga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ Icelandic: moskítófluga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "moskīts",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latvian: moskīts",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latvian: moskīts"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "moustique",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norman: moustique",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "with metathesis"
          },
          "expansion": "(with metathesis)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norman: moustique (with metathesis)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "моски́т",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: моски́т (moskít)\n→ Yiddish: מאָסקיט (moskit)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: моски́т (moskít)\n→ Yiddish: מאָסקיט (moskit)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "москі́т",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: москі́т (moskít)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: москі́т (moskít)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "mosca",
        "3": "ito"
      },
      "expansion": "mosca + -ito",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "moquito"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Spanish moquito",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "muschitta",
        "3": "",
        "4": "midge"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian muschitta (“midge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mosca + -ito (diminutive suffix), or Old Spanish moquito. Cognate with Sicilian muschitta (“midge”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mosquitos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "mosquito m (plural mosquitos)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mos‧qui‧to"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jején"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mosquito"
      ],
      "id": "en-mosquito-es-noun-0ZlJw9Qi",
      "links": [
        [
          "mosquito",
          "mosquito#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "zancudo"
        },
        {
          "word": "moyote"
        },
        {
          "word": "cénzalo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 45 46 6",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Dipterans",
          "orig": "es:Dipterans",
          "parents": [
            "Insects",
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gnat"
      ],
      "id": "en-mosquito-es-noun-bQ7Xp-ef",
      "links": [
        [
          "gnat",
          "gnat"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mexican Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 1 21 21 13 21 0 0 10 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 8 88 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 6 84 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish terms suffixed with -ito",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 45 46 6",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Dipterans",
          "orig": "es:Dipterans",
          "parents": [
            "Insects",
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 86 5",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Insects",
          "orig": "es:Insects",
          "parents": [
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "trimmer"
      ],
      "id": "en-mosquito-es-noun-y20zn1vq",
      "links": [
        [
          "trimmer",
          "trimmer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mexico, colloquial) trimmer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "small fly",
          "word": "mosco"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of mosco (“small fly”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-mosquito-es-noun-Z-ZNZMCU",
      "links": [
        [
          "mosco",
          "mosco#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) diminutive of mosco (“small fly”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mosˈkito/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mosˈki.t̪o]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ito"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mosquito"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/ito",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/ito/3 syllables",
    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish",
    "Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish",
    "Spanish terms suffixed with -ito",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio links",
    "es:Dipterans",
    "es:Insects"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cerebro de mosquito"
    },
    {
      "word": "mosquitero"
    },
    {
      "word": "mosquito simúlido"
    },
    {
      "word": "mosquito tigre"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "маскі́т",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Belarusian: маскі́т (maskít)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Belarusian: маскі́т (maskít)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "muskiet",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: muskiet\nAfrikaans: muskiet\nBerbice Creole Dutch: maskiti\nNegerhollands: moeskit, moskite, muskit, moskit\n→ Sranan Tongo: maskita\n→ Caribbean Hindustani: maskitá\n→ Caribbean Javanese: maskitah",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: muskiet\nAfrikaans: muskiet\nBerbice Creole Dutch: maskiti\nNegerhollands: moeskit, moskite, muskit, moskit\n→ Sranan Tongo: maskita\n→ Caribbean Hindustani: maskitá\n→ Caribbean Javanese: maskitah"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "eo",
            "2": "moskito",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Esperanto: moskito",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Esperanto: moskito"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "mosquito",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: mosquito\n→ Cornish: moskito\nJamaican Creole: maskitta",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: mosquito\n→ Cornish: moskito\nJamaican Creole: maskitta"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "moskiito",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Estonian: moskiito",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Estonian: moskiito"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "moustique",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: moustique",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "with metathesis"
          },
          "expansion": "(with metathesis)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: moustique (with metathesis)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Moskito",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Moskito",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Moskito"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "moskítófluga",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ Icelandic: moskítófluga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ Icelandic: moskítófluga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "moskīts",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latvian: moskīts",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latvian: moskīts"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "moustique",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norman: moustique",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "with metathesis"
          },
          "expansion": "(with metathesis)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norman: moustique (with metathesis)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "моски́т",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: моски́т (moskít)\n→ Yiddish: מאָסקיט (moskit)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: моски́т (moskít)\n→ Yiddish: מאָסקיט (moskit)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "москі́т",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ukrainian: москі́т (moskít)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ukrainian: москі́т (moskít)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "mosca",
        "3": "ito"
      },
      "expansion": "mosca + -ito",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "osp",
        "3": "moquito"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Spanish moquito",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "muschitta",
        "3": "",
        "4": "midge"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian muschitta (“midge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mosca + -ito (diminutive suffix), or Old Spanish moquito. Cognate with Sicilian muschitta (“midge”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mosquitos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "mosquito m (plural mosquitos)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mos‧qui‧to"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jején"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mosquito"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mosquito",
          "mosquito#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "zancudo"
        },
        {
          "word": "moyote"
        },
        {
          "word": "cénzalo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gnat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gnat",
          "gnat"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mexican Spanish",
        "Spanish colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "trimmer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trimmer",
          "trimmer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mexico, colloquial) trimmer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish diminutive nouns"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "small fly",
          "word": "mosco"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of mosco (“small fly”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mosco",
          "mosco#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "literal",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literal) diminutive of mosco (“small fly”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mosˈkito/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mosˈki.t̪o]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ito"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mosquito"
}

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