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mosqueado

Portuguese, adjective/mos.keˈa.du/

mosqueado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “mottled” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of mosquear. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que possui malhas escuras”.

What does mosqueado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    mottled

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of mosquear

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que possui malhas escuras

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 mosqueado

  • mosqueada feminine
  • mosqueados masculine plural
  • mosqueadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mosqueado?

  • Brazil /mos.keˈa.du/
  • /moʃ.keˈa.du/
  • Portugal /muʃˈkja.du/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.