mosca

Inflexiones de 'mosca' (nf): fpl: moscas
Inflexiones de 'mosca' (adj): pl: moscas

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
mosca nf	(insecto díptero)	fly n
Note: Orden Diptera.
	Cuando sacamos el almuerzo en el campo el lugar se llenó de moscas.
	When we got the lunch out in the field a load of flies appeared.

Additional Translations
Spanish		English
mosca nf	(pesca: artilugio) (fishing lure)	fly n
	Los pescadores llevaban varios tipos de moscas en su caja de pesca.
	The fishermen had various kinds of flies in their box.
mosca nf	(televisión: logotipo) (TV, of channel)	logo n
	La mosca de la cadena aparece en la parte inferior de la pantalla.
	The channel logo appears at the bottom of the screen.

Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
aflojar la mosca loc verb	ES: coloquial (gastar dinero) (colloquial)	pay up vi phrasal
	(colloquial)	cough up vi phrasal
	(spend)	fork out, shell out v expr
	Afloja la mosca, que hoy te toca invitar a ti.
	Pay up! It's your turn to get the drinks in tonight.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. I don't want to fork out much on a treadmill, but I need to start doing some exercise at home.
"Aramos, dijo el mosquito", "Aramos, dijo la mosca" expr	(crítica a quienes no ayudan)	be all talk expr
		be all smoke and mirrors expr
con la mosca detrás de la oreja, con la mosca en la oreja loc adv	coloquial (con desconfianza)	suspiciously adv
		be on your guard v expr
mosca cojonera nf	vulgar (persona molesta)	pest, pain n
	(informal)	pain in the neck n
	(US, vulgar, slang)	pain in the ass n
	(UK, vulgar, slang)	pain in the arse n
	Es una mosca cojonera; no lo puedo soportar.
	He's a pest; I can't stand him.
mosquita muerta, mosca muerta loc nom f	peyorativo (falso ingenuo)	two-faced person n
		hypocrite n
	María se hace la mosquita muerta pero bien sabe que todo es su culpa.
	Maria is a two-faced person but she well knows that everything is her fault.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Juan is a hypocrite, he told me not to steal and then ate my lunch when I wasn't looking.

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