zanzara
See also: zanzará
Italian
Alternative forms
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