mosquito
To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a courseTo fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course.
» Tom was bitten by a mosquito.
Tom wurde von einer Mücke gestochen.
Тома укусил комар.
Тома укусив комар.
Meaning
1 sensesTo fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course.
Examples
240 sentencesTom was bitten by a mosquito.
Тома укусив комар.
ruТома укусил комар.
deTom wurde von einer Mücke gestochen.
Flies and mosquitoes interfered with his meditation.
Мухи та комарі заважали йому медитувати.
ruМухи и комары помешали ему медитировать.
There were many mosquitoes in the room.
У кімнаті було багато комарів.
ruВ комнате было много комаров.
I was bitten by a mosquito.
Мене вкусив комар.
ruМеня укусил комар.
deIch bin von einer Mücke gestochen worden.
A mosquito just bit me.
Мене щойно укусив комар.
ruМеня только что укусил комар.
Origin
Borrowed from Spanish mosquito (“gnat”), diminutive of mosca (“fly”), from Latin musca (“fBorrowed from Spanish mosquito (“gnat”), diminutive of mosca (“fly”), from Latin musca (“fly”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūs- (“fly, stinging fly, gnat”). Cognate with West Flemish meuzie (“mosquito”), dialectal Swedish mausa (“fly”), Lithuanian musė (“a fly”) and Sicilian muschitta (“midge”). See also midge. First attested in the 1580s.
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Forms
mosquitos, mosquitoing, mosquitoed, mosquitoed| Base form | mosquito · to mosquito |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | mosquitos |
| Present participle | mosquitoing |
| Past simple | mosquitoed |
| Past participle | mosquitoed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- mosquito bites
- bitten by mosquitoes
- lot of mosquitoes