What does mosca in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word mosca in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use mosca in Italian.

The word mosca in Italian means fly, fly, lure, bait, beauty spotmark, soul patch, roasted coffee bean, Moscow, lose patience, be a rare bird, irritate, anger, exasperate, irritate, whitefly, black swan, rare bird, rare breed, horse fly, blindman's buff, olive fruit fly, he wouldn't harm a fly, not hear a pin drop, flyweights, flyweight, tse-tse fly, tik-tik fly, silence, don't say anything. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word mosca

fly

sostantivo femminile (insetto)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le mosche volavano intorno al piatto di pasta.
The flies flew around the bowl of pasta.

fly, lure, bait

sostantivo femminile (pesca: esca artificiale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mio zio pesca sempre con la mosca.
My uncle always uses a fly when fishing.

beauty spotmark

sostantivo femminile (neo finto cosmetico) (cosmetics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La dama prese la mosca e la mise sulla guancia.
The dame put the beauty mark and put it on her cheek.

soul patch

sostantivo femminile (pizzetto di barba)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tagliati quella mosca; è passata di moda da un pezzo.
Cut that soul patch: it's no longer in style.

roasted coffee bean

sostantivo femminile (chicco di caffè tostato)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il barista ha posizionato la mosca sul bicchierino.
The barista put the coffee bean in the cup.

Moscow

sostantivo femminile (capitale della Russia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
In questo periodo fa molto freddo a Mosca.

lose patience

(idiomatico (perdere la pazienza)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Appena glielo ho detto gli è saltata la mosca al naso.
As soon as I told him, he lost his patience.

be a rare bird

(compliment, figurative)

irritate, anger

exasperate, irritate

whitefly

sostantivo femminile (insetto)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

black swan, rare bird, rare breed

sostantivo femminile (figurato (cosa o persona rara, eccezionale) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

horse fly

blindman's buff

sostantivo femminile (gioco per bambini) (children's game)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

olive fruit fly

he wouldn't harm a fly

not hear a pin drop

(idiom)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

flyweights

(boxing)

flyweight

sostantivo maschile (categoria del pugilato) (sport)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

tse-tse fly, tik-tik fly

sostantivo femminile (insetto) (insect)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

silence, don't say anything

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

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