"mosquito" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /mosˈkito/, [mosˈki.t̪o] Forms: mosquitos [plural]
Rhymes: -ito Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish mosquito, from mosca + -ito. Cognate with Sicilian muschitta (“midge”), Italian moschetto. Doublet of mosquete (“musket”) Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:inh|osp:mosquito<id:Culicidae>|id=Culicidae|text=++}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Spanish", "term" : "mosca", "lang" : "osp" }, { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Old Spanish", "term" : "-ito", "lang" : "osp" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Spanish", "term" : "mosquito", "lang" : "osp" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "mosquito", "lang" : "es" }" data-id="Culicidae" data-lang="es" data-title="mosquito" id="Spanish:_Culicidae"> Inherited from Old Spanish mosquito, from mosca + -ito., {{cog|scn|muschitta||midge}} Sicilian muschitta (“midge”), {{cog|it|moschetto}} Italian moschetto, {{dbt|es|mosquete|t1=musket}} Doublet of mosquete (“musket”) 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
    Sense id: en-mosquito-es-noun-bQ7Xp-ef
  3. (Mexico, colloquial) trimmer Tags: Mexico, colloquial, masculine
    Sense id: en-mosquito-es-noun-y20zn1vq Categories (other): Mexican Spanish, Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Culicomorphs Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 5 5 79 11 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 4 5 86 4 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 90 6 Disambiguation of Culicomorphs: 8 9 74 8
  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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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "ipa": "/mosˈkito/"
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        "text": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old Spanish\", \"term\" : \"mosca\", \"lang\" : \"osp\" }, { \"id\" : \"diminutive\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old Spanish\", \"term\" : \"-ito\", \"lang\" : \"osp\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old Spanish\", \"term\" : \"mosquito\", \"lang\" : \"osp\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Spanish\", \"term\" : \"mosquito\", \"lang\" : \"es\" }\" data-id=\"Culicidae\" data-lang=\"es\" data-title=\"mosquito\" id=\"Spanish:_Culicidae\">\nInherited from Old Spanish mosquito, from mosca + -ito.",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "muschitta",
        "3": "",
        "4": "midge"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian muschitta (“midge”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "moschetto"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian moschetto",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "mosquete",
        "t1": "musket"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of mosquete (“musket”)",
      "name": "dbt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Old Spanish mosquito, from mosca + -ito.\nCognate with Sicilian muschitta (“midge”), Italian moschetto. Doublet of mosquete (“musket”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mosquitos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "mosquito m (plural mosquitos)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "mos‧qui‧to"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "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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