zanzara

See also: zanzará

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin zinzala, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡zanˈd͡za.ra/, [d̪͡z̪än̪ˈd̪͡z̪äːr̺ä]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: zan‧zà‧ra

Noun

zanzara f (plural zanzare)

mosquito

Ho ucciso la zanzara. ― I killed the mosquito.

Derived terms

zanzaricida (“mosquito killer”)
zanzariera (“mosquito net”)
zanzarifugo (“mosquito repellent”)

Further reading

zanzara on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Portuguese

Verb

zanzara

first-person singular (eu) pluperfect indicative of zanzar

third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) pluperfect indicative of zanzar

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