# mosquear
## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mos.keˈa(ʁ)/ [mos.keˈa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /mos.keˈa(ʁ)/ [mos.keˈa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /mos.keˈa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /moʃ.keˈa(ʁ)/ [moʃ.keˈa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /mos.keˈa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /muʃˈkjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /muʃˈkjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /muʃˈkja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: mos‧que‧ar

### Verb

mosquear (first-person singular present mosqueio, first-person singular preterite mosqueei, past participle mosqueado)
* to speckle, mottle

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From mosca (“fly”) +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moskeˈaɾ/ [mos.keˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: mos‧que‧ar

### Verb

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

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | mosquear | mosquear | mosquear | mosquear | mosquear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | mosqueando | mosqueando | mosqueando | mosqueando | mosqueando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | mosqueado | mosqueado | mosqueada | mosqueada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | mosqueados | mosqueados | mosqueadas | mosqueadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | mosqueo | mosqueas$^{tú}$ mosqueás$^{vos}$ | mosquea | mosqueamos | mosqueáis | mosquean |
| indicative | imperfect | mosqueaba | mosqueabas | mosqueaba | mosqueábamos | mosqueabais | mosqueaban |
| indicative | preterite | mosqueé | mosqueaste | mosqueó | mosqueamos | mosqueasteis | mosquearon |
| indicative | future | mosquearé | mosquearás | mosqueará | mosquearemos | mosquearéis | mosquearán |
| indicative | conditional | mosquearía | mosquearías | mosquearía | mosquearíamos | mosquearíais | mosquearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | mosquee | mosquees$^{tú}$ mosqueés$^{vos2}$ | mosquee | mosqueemos | mosqueéis | mosqueen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | mosqueara | mosquearas | mosqueara | mosqueáramos | mosquearais | mosquearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | mosquease | mosqueases | mosquease | mosqueásemos | mosqueaseis | mosqueasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | mosqueare | mosqueares | mosqueare | mosqueáremos | mosqueareis | mosquearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | mosquea$^{tú}$ mosqueá$^{vos}$ | mosquee | mosqueemos | mosquead | mosqueen |
| imperative | negative | | no mosquees | no mosquee | no mosqueemos | no mosqueéis | no mosqueen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “mosquear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014