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The diminutive can be -ita or -ito depending on gender. They may understand it as "mosquito" rather than "little fly" but that is a valid literal translation,
by ibmthrowaway218 12y ago
The diminutive can be -ita or -ito depending on gender.
They may understand it as "mosquito" rather than "little fly" but that is a valid literal translation, just like "gatito" is "kitten" but the literal translation would be diminutive-of-cat -> "little cat".
- ogig 12y agoMosca has no male form, it would be a female mosca, or a male mosca. That's probably the origin of the mistake with the article. While the gatito example is ok, there is no mosco for mosca.
- vibragiel 12y agoBut it has a male form: mosco. From which "mosquito" comes by diminutivization. No mistake in the article.
- oscardelben 12y agoDepends on the language I guess? In italian we only use mosca.
- felideon 12y agoUsing your own dictionary: http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=mosquito http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=mosquito (Del dim. de mosco) Outside of your country, mosco is definitely used.
- ogig 12y agoThat green stuff between parenthesis is the etymological origin and not a definition. Again, i stated that earlier. They share origin, that doesn't make then mean the same. I see mosco is definitely used, and rae dictionary has its entrance: http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=mosco http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=mosco Mosco can mean, black horse or mosquito but its NOT the male gender of mosca, that's what i said. (btw "my" dictionary is the normative spanish by the rae, that also includes south american terms)