moscar

Galician

Alternative forms

• mosquear

Etymology

From mosca (“fly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mosˈkaɾ/

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of moscar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	moscar
Personal	moscar	moscares	moscar	moscarmos	moscardes	moscaren
Gerund
	moscando
Past participle
Masculine	moscado			moscados
Feminine	moscada			moscadas
Indicative
Present	mosco	moscas	mosca	moscamos	moscades	moscan
Imperfect	moscaba	moscabas	moscaba	moscabamos	moscabades	moscaban
Preterite	mosquei	moscaches	moscou	moscamos	moscastes	moscaron
Pluperfect	moscara	moscaras	moscara	moscaramos	moscarades	moscaran
Future	moscarei	moscarás	moscará	moscaremos	moscaredes	moscarán
Conditional	moscaría	moscarías	moscaría	moscariamos	moscariades	moscarían
Subjunctive
Present	mosque	mosques	mosque	mosquemos	mosquedes	mosquen
Imperfect	moscase	moscases	moscase	moscásemos	moscásedes	moscasen
Future	moscar	moscares	moscar	moscarmos	moscardes	moscaren
Imperative
Affirmative		mosca	mosque	mosquemos	moscade	mosquen
Negative (non)		non mosques	non mosque	non mosquemos	non mosquedes	non mosquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of moscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	moscar
Personal	moscar	moscares	moscar	moscarmos	moscardes	moscarem
Gerund
	moscando
Past participle
Masculine	moscado			moscados
Feminine	moscada			moscadas
Indicative
Present	mosco	moscas	mosca	moscamos	moscades, moscais	moscam
Imperfect	moscava	moscavas	moscava	moscávamos	moscávades, moscáveis, moscávais1	moscavam
Preterite	mosquei	moscaste, moscache1	moscou	moscamos	moscastes	moscárom, moscaram
Pluperfect	moscara	moscaras	moscara	moscáramos	moscárades, moscáreis, moscárais1	moscaram
Future	moscarei	moscarás	moscará	moscaremos	moscaredes, moscareis	moscarám, moscarão
Conditional	moscaria	moscarias	moscaria	moscaríamos	moscaríades, moscaríeis, moscaríais1	moscariam
Subjunctive
Present	mosque	mosques	mosque	mosquemos	mosquedes, mosqueis	mosquem
Imperfect	moscasse	moscasses	moscasse	moscássemos	moscássedes, moscásseis	moscassem
Future	moscar	moscares	moscar	moscarmos	moscardes	moscarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mosca	mosque	mosquemos	moscade, moscai	mosquem
Negative (nom)		nom mosques	nom mosque	nom mosquemos	nom mosquedes, nom mosqueis	nom mosquem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• mosca

References

• 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 (in Galician), 2014–2025
• 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

Portuguese

Etymology

From mosca (“fly”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mosˈka(ʁ)/ [mosˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mosˈka(ʁ)/ [mosˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mosˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʃˈka(ʁ)/ [moʃˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mosˈka(ɻ)/

• Hyphenation: mos‧car

Verb

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

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of moscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	moscar
Personal	moscar	moscares	moscar	moscarmos	moscardes	moscarem
Gerund
	moscando
Past participle
Masculine	moscado			moscados
Feminine	moscada			moscadas
Indicative
Present	mosco	moscas	mosca	moscamos	moscais	moscam
Imperfect	moscava	moscavas	moscava	moscávamos	moscáveis	moscavam
Preterite	mosquei	moscaste	moscou	moscamos1, moscámos2	moscastes	moscaram
Pluperfect	moscara	moscaras	moscara	moscáramos	moscáreis	moscaram
Future	moscarei	moscarás	moscará	moscaremos	moscareis	moscarão
Conditional	moscaria	moscarias	moscaria	moscaríamos	moscaríeis	moscariam
Subjunctive
Present	mosque	mosques	mosque	mosquemos	mosqueis	mosquem
Imperfect	moscasse	moscasses	moscasse	moscássemos	moscásseis	moscassem
Future	moscar	moscares	moscar	moscarmos	moscardes	moscarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mosca	mosque	mosquemos	moscai	mosquem
Negative (não)		não mosques	não mosque	não mosquemos	não mosqueis	não mosquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “moscar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “moscar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “moscar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “moscar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morsicāre.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to hollow out

Conjugation

    Conjugation of moscar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			moscar
gerund			moscando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		moscado		moscada
		plural		moscados		moscadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mosco	moscastú moscásvos	mosca	moscamos	moscáis	moscan
	imperfect	moscaba	moscabas	moscaba	moscábamos	moscabais	moscaban
	preterite	mosqué	moscaste	moscó	moscamos	moscasteis	moscaron
	future	moscaré	moscarás	moscará	moscaremos	moscaréis	moscarán
	conditional	moscaría	moscarías	moscaría	moscaríamos	moscaríais	moscarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mosque	mosquestú mosquésvos2	mosque	mosquemos	mosquéis	mosquen
	imperfect (ra)	moscara	moscaras	moscara	moscáramos	moscarais	moscaran
	imperfect (se)	moscase	moscases	moscase	moscásemos	moscaseis	moscasen
	future1	moscare	moscares	moscare	moscáremos	moscareis	moscaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		moscatú moscávos	mosque	mosquemos	moscad	mosquen
	negative		no mosques	no mosque	no mosquemos	no mosquéis	no mosquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of moscar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive moscar	dative	moscarme	moscarte	moscarle, moscarse	moscarnos	moscaros	moscarles, moscarse
	accusative	moscarme	moscarte	moscarlo, moscarla, moscarse	moscarnos	moscaros	moscarlos, moscarlas, moscarse
with gerund moscando	dative	moscándome	moscándote	moscándole, moscándose	moscándonos	moscándoos	moscándoles, moscándose
	accusative	moscándome	moscándote	moscándolo, moscándola, moscándose	moscándonos	moscándoos	moscándolos, moscándolas, moscándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative mosca	dative	móscame	móscate	móscale	móscanos	not used	móscales
	accusative	móscame	móscate	móscalo, móscala	móscanos	not used	móscalos, móscalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative moscá	dative	moscame	moscate	moscale	moscanos	not used	moscales
	accusative	moscame	moscate	moscalo, moscala	moscanos	not used	moscalos, moscalas
with formal second-person singular imperative mosque	dative	mósqueme	not used	mósquele, mósquese	mósquenos	not used	mósqueles
	accusative	mósqueme	not used	mósquelo, mósquela, mósquese	mósquenos	not used	mósquelos, mósquelas
with first-person plural imperative mosquemos	dative	not used	mosquémoste	mosquémosle	mosquémonos	mosquémoos	mosquémosles
	accusative	not used	mosquémoste	mosquémoslo, mosquémosla	mosquémonos	mosquémoos	mosquémoslos, mosquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative moscad	dative	moscadme	not used	moscadle	moscadnos	moscaos	moscadles
	accusative	moscadme	not used	moscadlo, moscadla	moscadnos	moscaos	moscadlos, moscadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mosquen	dative	mósquenme	not used	mósquenle	mósquennos	not used	mósquenles, mósquense
	accusative	mósquenme	not used	mósquenlo, mósquenla	mósquennos	not used	mósquenlos, mósquenlas, mósquense

Derived terms

• malva moscada

Further reading

• “moscar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025