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mosquito

USAGE NOTE
The plural of “mosquito” is “mosquitoes” or “mosquitos.”
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el mosquito
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
Mosquitoes can breed anywhere they find standing water.Los mosquitos se pueden reproducir donde sea que encuentren agua estancada.
b. el zancudo
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
I killed the mosquito before it could bite me.Maté al zancudo antes de que me pudiera picar.
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