moscar

• mosquear

From mosca (“fly”).

• IPA^(key): /mosˈkaɾ/

moscar (first-person singular present mosco, first-person singular preterite mosquei, past participle moscado)

1. (intransitive, of cattle) to flee or escape from the flies
2. (intransitive, by extension) to flee or leave in a hurry

• Note: mosc- are changed to mosqu- before front vowels (e).

• mosca

• “moscar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “moscar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “moscar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

moscar (first-person singular present mosco, first-person singular preterite mosquei, past participle moscado)

1. (Brazil, idiomatic, intransitive) to behave inattentively, obliviously, or uncarefully

   Synonyms: marcar bobeira, dar bobeira, dar sopa, dar bandeira, marcar touca, vacilar, panguar, brisar

2. (Brazil, idiomatic, intransitive) to doze, to slumber (to sleep very briefly and unintentionally)

   Synonym: pescar

Often in gerund, preceded by verb ficar ("to be") + locative aí/lá/ali ("there").

Inherited from Late Latin morsicāre.

• IPA^(key): /mosˈkaɾ/ [mosˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mos‧car

moscar (first-person singular present mosco, first-person singular preterite mosqué, past participle moscado)

1. to hollow out

• “moscar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014