mosca, mosco and philosophy.

[ChadH]

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?

[sosia]

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?

[Tomisimo]

That reminds me of the joke I posted

[ChadH]

Thank you very much for the excellent information sosia.

[celador]

¿en serio, llaman a esos pícaros macho?

[ChadH]

hee hee hee I think macho just means male

[sosia]

ChadH it's right
macho is only "male"

[Tomisimo]

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).