moscar
Portuguese, verb/mosˈka(ʁ)/
moscar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to behave inattentively, obliviously, or uncarefully” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “afastar-se com irritação das moscas”.
What does moscar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilcolloquialto behave inattentively, obliviously, or uncarefully
- 2
Brazilcolloquialto doze, to slumber (to sleep very briefly and unintentionally)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. afastar-se com irritação das moscas 2. fugir apressuradamente de um lugar 3. cair no engano 4. deixar-se enganar
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 moscar
- mosco first-person present singular
- mosquei first-person preterite singular
- moscado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- moscares infinitive second-person singular
- moscarmos first-person infinitive plural
- moscardes infinitive plural second-person
- moscarem infinitive plural third-person
- moscando gerund
- moscados masculine participle past
- moscada feminine participle past
- moscadas feminine participle past
- moscas indicative present second-person
- mosca indicative present singular
- moscamos first-person indicative plural
- moscais indicative plural present
- moscam indicative plural present
- moscava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moscar?
- Brazil /mosˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [mosˈka(h)]
- /mosˈka(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.