mosca tsé-tsé or tsetsé

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mosca tse tse

tsetse fly.

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→  mosca

1)

2) (barba) goatee

1)

2) (barba) goatee

• tsetse

• tsetse fly

• tzetze

mosca² (↑ mosca (2))

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tsé-tsé adj inv

mosca tsé-tsé tsetse fly

tse-tse s.f. (zool.) mosca tse-tse, ( Glossina palpalis) tsetse (-fly).

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aggettivo invariabile

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tse-tse

/tset'tsε/

agge.inv.

mosca tse-tse tsetse fly.

1 fly.

aflojar o soltar la mosca (figurative) to cough up, to fork out

cazar moscas (figurative) to twiddle one's thumbs

estar con o tener la mosca detrás de la oreja (informal) to be suspicious o distrustful

no se oía ni una mosca (informal) you could have heard a pin drop

por si las moscas (informal) just in case

¿qué mosca te ha picado? (informal figurative) what's up with you?

mosca muerta (informal figurative) slyboots, hypocrite

mosca tse-tsé tsetse fly

2 money.

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► nombre femenino

1 fly

2 (barba) tuft

3 familiar (dinero) dough

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aflojar/soltar la mosca familiar to fork out money, cough up

caer como moscas to drop like flies

estar con la mosca detrás de la oreja to be suspicious

estar mosca familiar (sospechar) to be suspicious 2 (estar enfadado) to be cross

no se oía una mosca you could have heard a pin drop

por si las moscas just in case

¿qué mosca te (le, etc) ha picado? familiar what's bugging you (him, etc)?

mosca muerta figurado hypocrite

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1. SF

1) (=insecto) fly

- caer como moscas

- cazar moscas

- mandar a algn a capar moscas

- papar moscas

- por si las moscas

- ¿qué mosca te/le ha picado?

- tener la mosca en o detrás de la oreja

2) * (=pesado) pest

3) † (=dinero) dough *

- aflojar o soltar la mosca

4) † (=barba) small goatee beard

5) pl moscas (=centellas) sparks

6) Méx * (=parásito) sponger *

ADJ INV Esp

- estar mosca

- estar mosca con algn

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adjetivo invariable

a) (Esp fam) ( preocupado) uneasy, edgy (colloq); ( enfadado) sore (AmE colloq), cross (BrE colloq)

b) (Ven fam) ( alerta) alert

1)

a) (Zool) fly

b) ( para pescar) fly

- mosca tsé-tsé or tsetsé

2) (Esp fam) ( dinero) dough (colloq)

masculino y femenino (Ur fam) freeloader (colloq), sponger (BrE colloq)

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= fly [flies, -pl.].

Ex. From 'Huckleberry Finn' to 'Catcher in the Rye', from 'Coral Island' to 'The Lord of the Flies,' from 'Aesop's Fables' to 'Animal Farm': we can all find family trees for dozens of books.

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* caer como moscas = drop like + flies.

* incapaz de matar una mosca = wouldn't hurt a fly.

* mosca de la fruta = fruit fly.

* mosca negra = black fly.

* oír una mosca = hear a pin drop.

* pesca con mosca = fly fishing.

* por si las moscas = just in case, on spec.

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adjetivo invariable

a) (Esp fam) ( preocupado) uneasy, edgy (colloq); ( enfadado) sore (AmE colloq), cross (BrE colloq)

b) (Ven fam) ( alerta) alert

1)

a) (Zool) fly

b) ( para pescar) fly

- mosca tsé-tsé or tsetsé

2) (Esp fam) ( dinero) dough (colloq)

masculino y femenino (Ur fam) freeloader (colloq), sponger (BrE colloq)

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1 ( Esp fam) (preocupado) uneasy, edgy ( colloq); (enfadado) sore ( AmE colloq), mad ( AmE), cross ( BrE colloq)

2 ( Ven fam) (alerta) alert

hay que estar mosca you have to be alert o ( colloq) keep on your toes

1 ( Zool) fly

no se oía ni una mosca you could have heard a pin drop ( colloq)

caer como moscas to go down o drop o fall like flies

es incapaz de matar una mosca she wouldn't harm o hurt a fly

estar con la mosca en or detrás de la oreja to be wary, be on one's guard

ir de mosca ( Méx): atrás del trolebús iban dos muchachos de mosca two boys were hanging off the back of the trolleybus

papar moscas ( fam); to mooch around ( colloq)

por si las moscas ( fam); just in case ( colloq), just to be on the safe side ( colloq)

¿qué mosca te/le ha picado? ( fam); what's got into o what's up with you/him? ( colloq), what's eating you/him? ( colloq)

sentirse como mosca en leche ( Col fam); to feel like a fish out of water

venir or acudir como moscas to swarm round like flies

ver tb mosquita

2 (para pescar) fly

whitefly

wet fly

dry fly

( Med) tsetse, tsetse fly

B ( fam) (dinero) dough ( colloq), dosh ( BrE colloq)

afloja la mosca cough up ( colloq)

C ( Ven fam) (escolta) escort

(Ur fam)

freeloader ( colloq), sponger ( BrE colloq)

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◊ no se oía ni una mosca you could have heard a pin drop (colloq);

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♦ adj inv

1. [en boxeo]

2. Esp Fam

estoy mosca con su oferta, no me inspira confianza there's something fishy about his offer, I don't trust it

3. Esp Fam

está mosca conmigo she's in a mood with me;

está mosca porque se ha vuelto a estropear el ordenador he's in a mood because the computer's broken again

4. Ven Fam [alerta] on the ball;

para ganar dinero hay que estar muy mosca if you want to make money you've got to be on the ball

♦ nmf

♦ nf

1. [insecto] fly

mosca de la fruta fruit fly;

con lo mosca muerta que parecía y el novio tan guapo que se ha buscado she's a dark horse, you'd never have thought she'd end up with a good-looking boyfriend like that;

parece una mosca muerta he looks very innocent;

mosca tse-tsé tsetse fly

2. [en pesca] fly

3. RP Fam [dinero] dough;

estoy sin mosca I'm flat broke, Br I'm skint

4. Comp

aflojar o [m5] soltar la mosca to cough up, to fork out;

cazar moscas to twiddle one's thumbs;

estar con o [m5] tener la mosca detrás de la oreja to be suspicious o distrustful;

no se oía ni una mosca you could have heard a pin drop;

¿qué mosca te ha picado? what's up with you?, who's rattled your cage?;

por si las moscas just in case;

viajar de mosca = to ride for free on a bus by clinging to the outside of it

♦ interj

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f fly;

mosca muerta fam hypocrite;

estar mosca fam smell a rat fam ;

estar con o

tener la mosca detrás de la oreja fam smell a rat fam ;

por si las moscas fam just to be on the safe side;

¿qué mosca te ha picado? what’s biting you?;

soltar o

aflojar la mosca fam pay up, cough up fam ;

caer o

morir como moscas fig drop like flies;

estar papando moscas fam be miles away fam ;

no es capaz de matar una mosca he wouldn’t hurt a fly

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mosca nf

1) : fly

mosca común : housefly

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mosca n fly [pl. flies]

f (pl -che) fly

peso m mosca flyweight

mosca cieca blindman's buff

restare con un pugno di mosche come away empty-handed

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mosca s.f.

1 fly: uno sciame di mosche, a swarm of flies; il ronzare delle mosche, the buzzing of the flies; acchiappare le mosche, to catch flies // uova di mosche, flyblow: questa carne è piena di uova di mosche, this meat is all flyblown // (zool.): mosca carnaria, della carne, (Sarcophaga carnaria) fleshfly (o meat-fly); mosca cavallina, (Hippobosca equina) horsefly; mosca domestica, comune, (Musca domestica) housefly; mosca frit, (Oscinella frit) fritfly; mosca olearia, delle olive, (Dacus oleae) olive (fly); mosca scorpione, (Panorpa communis) scorpion-fly; mosca tse-tse, (Glossina palpalis) tsetse (-fly) // mosca bianca, (fig.) rara avis // morivano come mosche, they died like flies // non farebbe male a una mosca, he wouldn't hurt a fly // se gli salta la mosca al naso!, if he loses his temper! (o fam. if he gets his dander up!) // sei più fastidioso di una mosca, you are a pest // non si sentiva volare una mosca, you could have heard a pin drop // (zitto e) mosca!, (fam.) silence! // rimanere con un pugno di mosche, to be left empty-handed // in bocca chiusa non entrano mosche, (prov.) a closed mouth catches no flies

2 (finto neo) beauty spot, patch

3 (barbetta) imperial, goatee

4 (esca) fly: mosca per le trote, trout-fly; amo con mosca, fly-hook; pescare con la mosca, to fly-fish

5 (zool. pop.) uccello mosca, colibrì.

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1. sf, mosche pl

Zool, Pesca fly

- mosca della carne

- mosca cavallina

- mosca tse-tse

2. agg inv

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nome proprio femminile Moscow

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mosca

pl. - sche /'moska, ske/

I sostantivo f.

 1 (insetto) fly

 2 (neo) beauty spot

 3 pesc. fly

 4 (barba) imperial

II aggettivo invariabile

  sport pesi mosca flyweight

III m. inv

  sport i mosca (categoria) flyweight

IDIOMS

non farebbe male a una mosca he wouldn't hurt o harm a fly; non si sente volare una mosca it is so quiet you could hear a pin drop o the grass growing; morire come (le) -sche to drop like flies; restare con un pugno di -e to have nothing to show for sth.; fare di una mosca un elefante to make a mountain out of a molehill; gli è saltata la mosca al naso he's beginning to see red; zitto e mosca! keep it under your hat!

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COMPOUNDS

mosca bianca rara avis; mosca cavallina horsefly; mosca domestica housefly; mosca tse tse tsetse fly.

f (pl -che) fly

peso m mosca flyweight

mosca cieca blindman's buff

restare con un pugno di mosche come away empty-handed

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mosca s.f.

1 fly: uno sciame di mosche, a swarm of flies; il ronzare delle mosche, the buzzing of the flies; acchiappare le mosche, to catch flies // uova di mosche, flyblow: questa carne è piena di uova di mosche, this meat is all flyblown // (zool.): mosca carnaria, della carne, (Sarcophaga carnaria) fleshfly (o meat-fly); mosca cavallina, (Hippobosca equina) horsefly; mosca domestica, comune, (Musca domestica) housefly; mosca frit, (Oscinella frit) fritfly; mosca olearia, delle olive, (Dacus oleae) olive (fly); mosca scorpione, (Panorpa communis) scorpion-fly; mosca tse-tse, (Glossina palpalis) tsetse (-fly) // mosca bianca, (fig.) rara avis // morivano come mosche, they died like flies // non farebbe male a una mosca, he wouldn't hurt a fly // se gli salta la mosca al naso!, if he loses his temper! (o fam. if he gets his dander up!) // sei più fastidioso di una mosca, you are a pest // non si sentiva volare una mosca, you could have heard a pin drop // (zitto e) mosca!, (fam.) silence! // rimanere con un pugno di mosche, to be left empty-handed // in bocca chiusa non entrano mosche, (prov.) a closed mouth catches no flies

2 (finto neo) beauty spot, patch

3 (barbetta) imperial, goatee

4 (esca) fly: mosca per le trote, trout-fly; amo con mosca, fly-hook; pescare con la mosca, to fly-fish

5 (zool. pop.) uccello mosca, colibrì.

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1. sf, mosche pl

Zool, Pesca fly

- mosca della carne

- mosca cavallina

- mosca tse-tse

2. agg inv

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nome proprio femminile Moscow

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Mosca

/'moska/ ⇒ 2

n.pr.f.

Moscow.

tzetze, tsetse fly, a blood-sucking fly of southern Africa; its bite is deadly to cattle and horses, but not harmful to man, to the ass, and the goat.

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mosca tsetsé tsetse fly

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