mosquear

to make suspicious

mosquear(mohs-keh-ahr)

transitive verb

1. (to arouse suspicion)

a. to make suspicious

El extraño comportamiento de esa mujer me mosqueó, por lo que llamé a la policía.

That woman's strange behavior made me suspicious, so I called the police.

2. (to scare away the flies from)

a. to shoo the flies away from

El campista mosqueó el plato y comió la comida.

The camper shooed the flies away from his plate and ate the food.

b. to swat the flies off

Marisa mosqueó el frasco de mermelada y le puso la tapa.

Marisa swatted the flies off the marmalade jar and put a lid on it.

3. (to irritate)

a. to annoy

Miguel me mosquea a propósito para que pierda los estribos.

Miguel is annoying me on purpose to make me fly off the handle.

mosquearse

pronominal verb

4. (to be suspicious)

a. to get suspicious

Siempre me mosqueo cuando alguien que no conozco me llama por mi apodo.

I always get suspicious of people I don't know who call me by my nickname.

5.

(colloquial)

(to get irritated)

a. to get annoyed

(colloquial)

Pablo se mosqueó porque llegamos tarde.

Pablo got annoyed because we arrived late.