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Old May 03, 2007, 07:32 PM
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mosca, mosco and philosophy.
I was getting philosophical with somefriends today, and the question was. If mosca is fly and mosco/mosquito is mosquito, what words do you use to talk about a male fly or a female mosquito? Any thoughts?
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Mosca: fly
mosquito: mosquito
mosco: never heard is Spain. It's for Mexico I think

male fly: mosca macho
female fly: mosca hembra

male mosquito: mosquito macho
female mosquito: mosquito hembra

Usually gender it's not a problem when speaking about them.
Or are you so well eye-gifted?
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That reminds me of the joke I posted
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Thank you very much for the excellent information sosia.
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¿en serio, llaman a esos pícaros macho?
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hee hee hee I think macho just means male
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Old June 03, 2007, 11:49 PM
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macho is only "male"
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Old June 06, 2007, 12:33 PM
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The confusion comes from the fact that English has the word "macho", which came from Spanish, but it has a slightly different meaning. It means more like "manly", "virile" (varonil).
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