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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieszanzara
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /dzanˈdza.ra/
"Le zanzare mi danno fastidio quando dormo."
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A small slender fly whose female of certain species bites and sucks blood from animals and humans, acting as a vector for serious diseases such as malaria and dengue.
"We used insect repellent to protect ourselves from mosquitoes during the evening walk."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word originates from Spanish and Portuguese, where it is a diminutive of 'mosca' (fly), derived from the Latin 'musca'. It entered the English language in the late 16th century, shifting from general references to biting flies to specifically denoting the slender-bodied, blood-sucking insect family Culicidae.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mosquito" is said worldwide
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moustique
Transliteration: /mus.tik/
"Les moustiques sont très actifs pendant l'été."
Stechmücke
Transliteration: /ˈʃtɛçˌmʏkə/
"Ich wurde heute Nacht von einer Stechmücke gestochen."
zanzara
Transliteration: /dzanˈdza.ra/
"Le zanzare mi danno fastidio quando dormo."
mosquito
Transliteration: /mosˈki.to/
"Hay muchos mosquitoscerca del lago."
pernilongo
Transliteration: /peʁ.niˈlõ.ɡu/
"Use repelente para afastar o pernilongo."
मच्छर
Transliteration: machhar
"रात में मच्छर बहुत परेशान करते हैं।"
蚊子
Transliteration: wénzi
"夏天的时候有很多蚊子。"
모기
Transliteration: mogi
"여름에는 모기가 너무 많아요."
蚊
Transliteration: ka
"夏になると蚊に刺されやすくなります。"
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