moscar

• mosquear

From mosca (“fly”).

• IPA^(key): /mosˈkaɾ/

moscar (first-person singular present mosco, first-person singular preterite mosquei, past participle moscado)

1. (intransitive, of cattle) to flee or escape from the flies
2. (intransitive, by extension) to flee or leave in a hurry

• mosca

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moscar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “moscar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “moscar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “moscar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moscar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From mosca (“fly”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: mos‧car

moscar (first-person singular present mosco, first-person singular preterite mosquei, past participle moscado)

1. (Brazil, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive) to behave inattentively, obliviously, or uncarefully

   Synonyms: marcar bobeira, dar bobeira, dar sopa, dar bandeira, marcar touca, vacilar, panguar, brisar

2. (Brazil, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive) to doze, to slumber (to sleep very briefly and unintentionally)

   Synonym: pescar

Often in gerund, preceded by verb ficar ("to be") + locative aí/lá/ali ("there").

• “moscar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “moscar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Inherited from Latin morsicāre.

• IPA^(key): /mosˈkaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mos‧car

moscar (first-person singular present mosco, first-person singular preterite mosqué, past participle moscado)

1. to hollow out

• “moscar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10