mosquear

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mos.keˈa(ʁ)/ [mos.keˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mos.keˈa(ʁ)/ [mos.keˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mos.keˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʃ.keˈa(ʁ)/ [moʃ.keˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mos.keˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃˈkjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃˈkjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃˈkja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: mos‧que‧ar

Verb

mosquear (first-person singular present mosqueio, first-person singular preterite mosqueei, past participle mosqueado)

1. to speckle, mottle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mosquear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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	mosquear
Personal	mosquear	mosqueares	mosquear	mosquearmos	mosqueardes	mosquearem
Gerund
	mosqueando
Past participle
Masculine	mosqueado			mosqueados
Feminine	mosqueada			mosqueadas
Indicative
Present	mosqueio	mosqueias	mosqueia	mosqueamos	mosqueais	mosqueiam
Imperfect	mosqueava	mosqueavas	mosqueava	mosqueávamos	mosqueáveis	mosqueavam
Preterite	mosqueei	mosqueaste	mosqueou	mosqueamos1, mosqueámos2	mosqueastes	mosquearam
Pluperfect	mosqueara	mosquearas	mosqueara	mosqueáramos	mosqueáreis	mosquearam
Future	mosquearei	mosquearás	mosqueará	mosquearemos	mosqueareis	mosquearão
Conditional	mosquearia	mosquearias	mosquearia	mosquearíamos	mosquearíeis	mosqueariam
Subjunctive
Present	mosqueie	mosqueies	mosqueie	mosqueemos	mosqueeis	mosqueiem
Imperfect	mosqueasse	mosqueasses	mosqueasse	mosqueássemos	mosqueásseis	mosqueassem
Future	mosquear	mosqueares	mosquear	mosquearmos	mosqueardes	mosquearem
Imperative
Affirmative		mosqueia	mosqueie	mosqueemos	mosqueai	mosqueiem
Negative (não)		não mosqueies	não mosqueie	não mosqueemos	não mosqueeis	não mosqueiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From mosca (“fly”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moskeˈaɾ/ [mos.keˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mos‧que‧ar

Verb

mosquear (first-person singular present mosqueo, first-person singular preterite mosqueé, past participle mosqueado)

1. (informal) to pester, bug, bother
   • 1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter V, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 76:

     —Oye, ¿te has mosqueado conmigo?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mosquear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mosquear
gerund			mosqueando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mosqueado		mosqueada
		plural		mosqueados		mosqueadas
		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	mosqueo	mosqueastú mosqueásvos	mosquea	mosqueamos	mosqueáis	mosquean
	imperfect	mosqueaba	mosqueabas	mosqueaba	mosqueábamos	mosqueabais	mosqueaban
	preterite	mosqueé	mosqueaste	mosqueó	mosqueamos	mosqueasteis	mosquearon
	future	mosquearé	mosquearás	mosqueará	mosquearemos	mosquearéis	mosquearán
	conditional	mosquearía	mosquearías	mosquearía	mosquearíamos	mosquearíais	mosquearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mosquee	mosqueestú mosqueésvos2	mosquee	mosqueemos	mosqueéis	mosqueen
	imperfect (ra)	mosqueara	mosquearas	mosqueara	mosqueáramos	mosquearais	mosquearan
	imperfect (se)	mosquease	mosqueases	mosquease	mosqueásemos	mosqueaseis	mosqueasen
	future1	mosqueare	mosqueares	mosqueare	mosqueáremos	mosqueareis	mosquearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mosqueatú mosqueávos	mosquee	mosqueemos	mosquead	mosqueen
	negative		no mosquees	no mosquee	no mosqueemos	no mosqueéis	no mosqueen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of mosquear

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 mosquear	dative	mosquearme	mosquearte	mosquearle, mosquearse	mosquearnos	mosquearos	mosquearles, mosquearse
	accusative	mosquearme	mosquearte	mosquearlo, mosquearla, mosquearse	mosquearnos	mosquearos	mosquearlos, mosquearlas, mosquearse
with gerund mosqueando	dative	mosqueándome	mosqueándote	mosqueándole, mosqueándose	mosqueándonos	mosqueándoos	mosqueándoles, mosqueándose
	accusative	mosqueándome	mosqueándote	mosqueándolo, mosqueándola, mosqueándose	mosqueándonos	mosqueándoos	mosqueándolos, mosqueándolas, mosqueándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mosquea	dative	mosquéame	mosquéate	mosquéale	mosquéanos	not used	mosquéales
	accusative	mosquéame	mosquéate	mosquéalo, mosquéala	mosquéanos	not used	mosquéalos, mosquéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mosqueá	dative	mosqueame	mosqueate	mosqueale	mosqueanos	not used	mosqueales
	accusative	mosqueame	mosqueate	mosquealo, mosqueala	mosqueanos	not used	mosquealos, mosquealas
with formal second-person singular imperative mosquee	dative	mosquéeme	not used	mosquéele, mosquéese	mosquéenos	not used	mosquéeles
	accusative	mosquéeme	not used	mosquéelo, mosquéela, mosquéese	mosquéenos	not used	mosquéelos, mosquéelas
with first-person plural imperative mosqueemos	dative	not used	mosqueémoste	mosqueémosle	mosqueémonos	mosqueémoos	mosqueémosles
	accusative	not used	mosqueémoste	mosqueémoslo, mosqueémosla	mosqueémonos	mosqueémoos	mosqueémoslos, mosqueémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mosquead	dative	mosqueadme	not used	mosqueadle	mosqueadnos	mosqueaos	mosqueadles
	accusative	mosqueadme	not used	mosqueadlo, mosqueadla	mosqueadnos	mosqueaos	mosqueadlos, mosqueadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mosqueen	dative	mosquéenme	not used	mosquéenle	mosquéennos	not used	mosquéenles, mosquéense
	accusative	mosquéenme	not used	mosquéenlo, mosquéenla	mosquéennos	not used	mosquéenlos, mosquéenlas, mosquéense

Further reading

• “mosquear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10