mosquito-da-dengue

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “dengue mosquito”.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mosˈki.tu da ˈdẽ.ɡi/, /musˈki.tu da ˈdẽ.ɡi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /moʃˈki.tu da ˈdẽ.ɡi/, /muʃˈki.tu da ˈdẽ.ɡi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mosˈki.to da ˈdẽ.ɡe/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /muʃˈki.tu dɐ ˈdẽ.ɡɨ/ [muʃˈki.tu ðɐ ˈðẽ.ɡɨ]

  • Hyphenation: mos‧qui‧to‧-da‧-den‧gue

Noun

mosquito-da-dengue m (plural mosquitos-da-dengue)

  1. (Brazil) yellow-fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti)
    • 1986 May 25, Jorge Antonio Barros, ““Aedes” infesta os motéis da Baixada [Aedes infests love hotels in Baixada [Fluminense]]”, in Jornal do Brasil, volume XCVI, number 47, Rio de Janeiro, Ponto Estratégico, page 14, column 2:
      Assim como gosta do negrume dos pneus, o mosquito do dengue não despreza a penumbra do quarto de motel.
      The same way it likes the blackness of the tires, the dengue mosquito won't disregard the gloom of a love hotel room.
    • 2007, Francisca Carolina do Val, “Quantas asas tem um inseto? [How many wings does an insect have]”, in Drosófila, a mosquinha famosa [Drosophila, the famous little fly], São Paulo: Terceiro Nome, page 8:
      […] os mosquitos da dengue (família Culicidae), que são da mesma família dos pernilongos, que à noite ficam zumbindo na nossa orelha […]
      The dengue mosquitoes (family Culicidae), which are from the same family of the craneflies, that keep buzzing on our ears at night.
    • 2008 January 23, Alessandro Vieira, “Zoobotânico, Brusquárium, Teférico e Parque Leopoldo Moritz caem no esquecimento [Zoobotânico, Brusquárium, Chairlift and Leopoldo Moritz Park are forgotten]”, in Município Dia-a-Dia, Brusque, Denúncia, page 4, column 4:
      As lagoas secas, com água parada, são verdadeiros “berçários” para o mosquito da dengue.
      The dried out ponds, with stagnant water, are truly “nurseries” for the dengue mosquito.

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