mosca
Portuguese, noun/ˈmos.kɐ/
mosca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fly (various insects in the order Diptera)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of moscar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome de muitos insetos da ordem dos dípteros”.
What does mosca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefly (various insects in the order Diptera)
- 2
femininesoul patch (narrow beard)
- 3
femininebullseye (centre of a target)
- 4
colloquialfemininean annoying person
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome de muitos insetos da ordem dos dípteros 2. nome vulgar da mosca doméstica 3. pequeno círculo posto na cara das damas como enfeite de beleza 4. pequeno tufo de barba abaixo do lábio inferior
noun: 1. constelação austral, que tem forma de mosca
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mosca
- moscas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mosca?
- Brazil /ˈmos.kɐ/
- /ˈmoʃ.kɐ/
- Portugal /ˈmoʃ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mosca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mosca in Portuguese?
mosca appears 5.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).