zanzara

See also: zanzará

Italian

Alternative forms

zanzala (archaic)

Etymology

From Late Latin zinzala, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): ^*/d͡zanˈd͡za.ra/[1]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ara
Hyphenation: zan‧zà‧ra

Noun

zanzara f (plural zanzare)

mosquito
Ho ucciso la zanzara. ― I killed the mosquito.

Derived terms

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

References

zanzara in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

zanzara on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Portuguese

Verb

zanzara

first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of zanzar

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