zanzara

See also: zanzará

Italian

Alternative forms

• zanzala, zanzana (archaic)
• zanza (regional, colloquial)

Etymology

From Late Latin zinzala, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/d͡zanˈd͡za.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: zan‧zà‧ra

Noun

zanzara f (plural zanzare)

1. mosquito

   Ho ucciso la zanzara. ― I killed the mosquito.

Derived terms

• zanzaricida (“mosquito killer”)
• zanzariera (“mosquito net”)
• zanzarifugo (“mosquito repellent”)

Further reading

• zanzara on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Portuguese

Verb

zanzara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of zanzar