mosca - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

fly [ZOOL.]   - insect	la mosca
dough   - money [coll.]	la mosca [fig.]
bread [coll.]   dated	la mosca [fig.]   - dinero
housefly   or: house fly	mosca doméstica
crane fly	mosca grulla   [Entomology]   Lat.: Tipulidae (Familie)
blackfly   or: black fly [ZOOL.]	mosca negra   [Entomology]   Lat.: Simuliidae
glossina [ZOOL.]	(mosca) tsé-tsé   Lat.: Glossina   [Entomology]
tsetse (fly) [ZOOL.]	(mosca) tsé-tsé   Lat.: Glossina   [Entomology]
fruit fly   - vinegar fly	mosca del bagazo   Lat.: Drosophilidae (Familie)   [Entomology]
fruit fly   - vinegar fly	mosca de la fruta   Lat.: Drosophilidae (Familie)   [Entomology]
fruit fly   - vinegar fly	mosca del vinagre   Lat.: Drosophilidae (Familie)   [Entomology]
pain in the ass [coll.] [vulg.]	mosca cojonera [coll.]
scintillant hummingbird [ZOOL.]	colibrí mosca   [Ornithology]   Lat.: Selasphorus scintilla
fly orchid [BOT.]	orquídea mosca   Lat.: Ophrys insectifera

Phrases / Collocations

to play shy  | played, played |	hacerse la mosquita muerta (or: mosca) [fig.]
to play stupid  | played, played |	hacerse la mosquita muerta (or: mosca) [fig.]
to dodge the fare	viajar de mosca [fig.] (Lat. Am.: Méx.)
to be suspicious of so.	andar con la mosca detrás de la oreja [fig.]
to be suspicious of so.	tener la mosca detrás de la oreja [fig.]
to be on one's guard (against so. (or: sth.))	estar con la mosca detrás de la oreja [fig.]
to be suspicious of so.	estar con la mosca detrás de la oreja [fig.]
to keep one's powder dry [coll.]	estar con la mosca detrás de la oreja [fig.]
to gape  | gaped, gaped |	comer moscas [fig.]
to gawk  | gawked, gawked | [coll.]	comer moscas [fig.]
to gape  | gaped, gaped |	papar moscas [fig.]
just in case	por si las moscas [coll.]
to rubberneck  | rubbernecked, rubbernecked |   chiefly  (Amer.) [sl.]	comer moscas [fig.]
to rubber   chiefly  (Amer.) [sl.]	comer moscas [fig.]

Orthographically similar words

oscar

fosca, morsa, Mosa, Moscú, Óscar, óscar, rosca, tosca

Related search terms

pasta, pelas, monises, plata