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[-] [email protected] 95 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Dwight_Sheldon_mode on

It's "mosca", which is just a common fly

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

Commenter gives a logical answer with information that is probably well-known for a good chunk of the world (Spanish speakers), yet it’s somehow still mind-blowing. Like “whoah, that’s where that came from!”

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

In Spanish you have one tamal but two tamales. In English you have one tamale, two tamales. We incorrectly removed the pluralization from tamales and now we have this hybrid word, tamale.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

You’re invited to my house whenever we’re hosting the in laws

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

The meme is funny nonetheless.

Aaaalso, in Mexico calling a mosquito "mosco" is fair.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Which people also occasionally call "mosco"

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Never heard that (I'm a native Spanish speaker)

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Yes, but spanish is spoken all over the world. Who knows where the commenter is from

[-] bdonvr 4 points 2 years ago

Well there is a lot of regional differences in Spanish

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Right, that's what I'm saying, "Traes un mosco/mosquito/zancudo atrás"

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure what you're getting at but I don't think anybody implied that

[-] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago

Moscas (flies): 😐

[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You killed it! People shall sing your praises for generations!

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Bro that mfer looks like it can feed a cat

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Omg, kill it with fire!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Not sure if I should upvote for quality comment or downvote for the raw fear stricken in my soul

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm Spaniard and I don't know how the fuck to call that thing.

MOSQUITOTE?

[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago

'Mosco' is commonly used in different Spanish speaking countries. 'Mosca' is your regular house fly, 'Mosco' is used in some places to refer to the big black flies and horse flies.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Huh, that's interesting. In russian, the general word for "small fly" is "мошка" (moshka). And plural of those is "мошкара" (moshkara).

Always fun to see related words.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

If you’re hard of hearing, you don’t need to suffer in silence. Help is available

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

So I can suffer in noise? Sounds like a bad idea.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

The suffering will stop when morale improves.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I love how villainous they look oh my god

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Bro please put a trigger warning here

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Look bro we told you not to go north on I-15 from Goodsprings. But noOooO "shortest path to Vegas is a straight line" you said.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

If true, then what am I eating when I have a "burrito?"

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Wait until you find out what gordita means.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Mosca exists and also moscardón

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Same in Portuguese, except mosca and moscardo instead. They almost sound like a Pokémon evolution line

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

When the mosquito drinks enough blood it becomes a Mosca and when a Mosca eats enough shit it becomes a Moscardó.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Those buggers live in Scandinavia I think….

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

They do, and funnily in Finnish, they are called hyttynen while one diminutive is -nen. The question is what the fuck is hytty.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Military-grade repellant you said? Time to break out the Star Wars Mosquito Defense System.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Someone at Boeing hire this man. The next US Government defence contract will be worth billions.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Does that also mean that the capital of Ecuador is really modest?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Nah the roots are Quechua not Spanish

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