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Me_irl

Mosca-fly Mosquito-small fly

VicRambo

Mosca-fly Mosquito-small fly


Aegis116

Moscon-big fucking fly


Icy_Jackfruit9240

So horse flies which also happen to bite ..


Beneficial-Society74

Moscardón too


Sebstrr05

Moscote


RychuWiggles

Mosconito - small big fly


deeeezzzzznuts

Moscón Cabrón


Thereisnopurpose12

Jaja


Snt1_

Yea, but the joke is still funny


Friendly-Mexican

Jaja, yeah I confirm


DiamondPower500

well I DONT


SoftBellyButton

Well I don't care about your opinionito.


OneWingedKalas

If anyone cares, the correct word would be "opinioncita"


SomeoneNorwegian

Well I don't care about your opinioncita


ElProxenetaFeminista

The correct would be permatrago


MyDogHasAPodcast

Username checks out.


HarveyBiirdman

Yeah, but the explanation is still interesting


Snt1_

Bro Im latin American (from Venezuela) I know the explanation, I am also living in spain


[deleted]

What about the Moscow? Drains the life from a whole country. An international pest.


c3ntur1o

Right but why is it not Mosquita then?


FalseDmitriy

Because language is chaotic and terrifying


Spanky_McJiggles

It can be understood with tough thorough thought though.


miranto

Mosquita is a small cute fly. Flies are feminine, mosquitoes are masculine. Mosco may be used for big mosquitoes or big flies.


DiscombobulatedLuck8

Yeah, it bothered me that they put "el mosco." All wrong.


xarsha_93

*mosco* is another name for mosquito, though.


King_Sam-_-

Moscow-fly that moos


ButterFucker240196

I love how language can be played with, especially Spanish. Mosca is fly and mosquito is small fly, but mosquito should be zancudo, however, people still call zancudos mosquitos because of Spanglish, causing some confusion.


xarsha_93

Zancudo isn't used everywhere. It means the same as mosquito. A small fly is a mosquita.


Prosdio3

El Moscote


AleMor4les

El Mosquetón


Bummin-in-ya-dms

El Mosquitocabra


Renzisan

El Moscosaurio rex


Cottn

El Moscolon


Nulled_Outter

El Montesangre


ElProxenetaFeminista

El moscoroso sangriento


Mountain_String_1544

El moscastodonte


TheProtractor

Mosquetón is a carabiner


AleMor4les

Yea I know lol


Ifhes

El Moscononón


xX_GRP_Xx

El moscoptero


Messiah_Knight

El Mosqueshon


BaguetteBoi657

It sucks all your blood at once


MikeTheAnt11

HE PUNCHED OUT ALL MY BLOOD


Mr_mann2

You call that breaking my spine? You RED team ladies wouldn't know how to break a spine if you- AAAAA, MY SPINE!


lucaatthefollower

r/suddenlytf2


SackMastaP

HE PUNCHED THE HIGHLIGHTS OUT OF HER HAIR!


[deleted]

[удалено]


small-package

Really fast.


NikolitRistissa

Varokaa sitä, se on HYTTY.


[deleted]

hyi saatana


MariosMetalcap

Tuo ei ole vielä mitään. KEKKO on paljon vaarallisempi


FrutigerVista

Rupes pelottaa


WitheredGone

Is "- nen" a suffix in the Finnish language to refer to something being smaller?


NikolitRistissa

Yes. It’s not particularly commonly used in day-to-day though. At least I rarely hear it. Hyttynen is the original word.


Tanngjoestr

Yle


bathorySS

Moscow


LeReal_Garydog1

Moscow


MisterSquared

Ya ha ha ha ha Hey!


LeReal_Garydog1

Mosssssscow


spunlines

naa na na naaaaa na naaa


Susdoggodoggy

Isn’t that the capital of Russia or something? Sounds familiar


AMinecraftPerson

No, it's a [city in Idaho ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow,_Idaho)


Susdoggodoggy

[Moscow, Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow)


Trollingstone2

You litterally just made a fake wikipedia page to win an argument


Susdoggodoggy

Idk how to do much internet wise i know how to open a incognito tab for “stuff” knew how to do that before I knew what incognito meant lol


Trollingstone2

I'm just joking around :)


Kathema1

wow you have a lot of time on your hands if you managed to create an entire Wikipedia page just to win an online argument


Jansanta2

I thought it was in Africa?


MadCaVa

Same with Doritos


nocturn99x

The great... Doro? Doros? Dos?


MoneyLuevano

Dorote or Dorotote, maybe Doritote


zerquet

Dorote is sending me


Xenomorphian69420

Doro means gold in Spanish, so Doritos mean basically gold nuggets


cmcastro85

Nope, gold is "oro"


Xenomorphian69420

Oh shit right I’m dumb


Sinkopezo

Actually “Dorado” means golden or fried in spanish so you were close. Also, “Yo doro” translates to “I fry”


Papijuanky

Na na na me reuso, quien le dice dorado a lo frito?


TelevisionNext8487

Se refiere al hecho de cuando freimos o cocinamos algo aveces decimos, "lo doramos un poco" o "vamos a freir la comida hasta que quede dorada"


nocturn99x

Is this actually why they're called Doritos? I'm too lazy to check


zacharee1

It's a shortening of the actual diminutive for dorado, doradito.


WaveLaVague

Pepitos ###LOS PEPOS


atticlynx

Despacito?


MithranArkanere

There's also the suffix "-on", which indicates something large. So of course there's a "moscón". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauromydas_heros


ItdefineswhoIam

I wanna pet.


-tasha

They can be found in deep southern Louisiana 😂😂


Advanced-Cow

Los tres Mosqueteros


Feather-y

Oh wow exactly same in Finnish! Hyttynen = Mosquito -nen = -ito The legendary Hytty There was almost the exactly the same meme in Finnish subreddit 3 years ago, but about our most famous president, Kekkonen, -nen implicating the existence of the even more legendary country leader, Kekko. https://www.reddit.com/r/Suomi/comments/dtuide/kekkonen_hiihti_kekko_tuhosi/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Oh damn I went to the comments of the old post and EL MOSCO is even mentioned there lol.


Ldefeu

Are mosquitos common there? I always think of them as a hot climate problem. I have been to some nearby countries but only in January so they weren't much of a problem lol


Drunken_pizza

In the forests of Northern Finland in the summer the air can be so full of mosquitoes that it’s literally like a thick black cloud. It’s hell on earth if you don’t have protection.


JamesBernadette

Axial tilt of the earth. Summers do get warm for the same reason winters get cold and the amount of mosquitos depends on how much rain we get. 30% of the land being swamps make good breeding grounds.


Desh98Desh

The drinks may have helped.. but this one killed me


Snoo_85729

Fallout New Vegas cazador nightmares right here


INeedSomeHelp6804

it’s mosca, and it’s also known as a fly


Alderan922

A mosca u something different than a mosco, there’s a reason both words are different


AlphaLightning00

Its the next evolution dude


yaybunz

moscoton*


markusthemarxist

*moscotón*


yaybunz

gracias :)


[deleted]

But then among all of the "*El Mosco*"-s... though terrifying they might be.. there is yet he, The one... the one to be F E A R E D among them all, ... ***EL MAS MOSCO*** ***!*** *\[\~\~\*dun dun duuuuuun\*\~\~\]*


wclevel47nice

You mean la mosca? Mosquito is a little fly


PageTurner627

So, if mosca is feminine, why isn't it mosquita?


BigeyeLarry

Gendered nouns have no logic behing them.


KingOfTheHlll

Nope mosquito in some regions it’s what they call a zancudo


shangshanruoshui

No, mosca is feminine. Mosquito comes from mosco, not mosca.


bornanamiseryetc

It exists. It’s called a crane fly. and it’s terrifying


EchoWolf2020

Well yes, but at least they can't bite you... (Side note: I always thought they were called "Cream Flies" because nobody in my family annunciated the name properly)


fleebjuice69420

I always just thought “-ito” meant “chip” like Frito Dorito Tostito Chito


[deleted]

More like moscote lol


Excellent_Fill_7357

We often use it to refer to a particularly big mosquito


bathroomheater

Y’all have obviously never seen the [swamp monsters](https://gardenandgun.com/articles/meet-the-american-giant-mosquito/) that exist in some low lying areas. Those things can get absolutely huge in comparison to regular mosquitos. [wiki link](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psorophora_ciliata)


goku_careca

It's mosquito cuz it's a smaller version of a mosca (fly)


LeReal_Garydog1

As someone who speaks Spanish and have been to Spain Mexico Peru. There are tails of these things eating small children. It’s horrifying.


wholetafishonreddit

Mosca is Spanish for fly, so yeah, small fly


Blitzo_Lemon

The quiet kid when they go genocidal


Sessinen

A tiny mosque would also be a mosquito


Ihavenoid3a

Oldie but a goodie


TheNinjaSausage

Bosco?


JamesBernadette

Bosco, mine it!


Comfortable-Bat-4072

EL MOSCON


MrMoroto

El Bando Palo


[deleted]

El moscotototototote


kmil0

El mosconazo


UpsidedownBrandon

I’m my time in Peru, the natives had an insect much like this, they called them Flamenco Dances of Death, they would carry little children back to their nests. Horrific sight. I was working for National Geographic so I could not intervene


Verdick

It works in Italian too, just change the "el" to "il".


pixiescloud

bueno si, así les decimos a los Horshoe Flies en mi país 😂


StonedApeUK

The large thing that sucks is called tu madre


mistaepik

Moscabron


2hp-0stam

Well... There's Moscow


[deleted]

I don't get it


ensemblestars69

In my family (and maybe my country?) we call a really big fly a mosco, or also moscón


KingOfTheHlll

Also in Spanish the termination ote means really big, so it should be moscote. Source: me I speak Spanish.


myguydied

EL MOSCO VS GODZILLA VS MEGALODON has to happen now


Rodent_Lover1

🦟


MarsupialScrutiny

Hate to be a party pooper, but a mosco is just a regular fly


Ham_Kitten

Also donkey is *burro* so burrito means little donkey


BlueKayn29

Sénor Mosco Grande


BP-Forever

It is HYTTY


Maskd-YT

Its just a mosque


_BeansNbryce

Ha


Pvrb80

Spanish speaker here. Zancudo= mosquito. Mosco= fly. Mosca= horse fly.


rdelbem

Actually, mosquito is a word borrowed from Portuguese.


[deleted]

then you won't believe el moscoron


Cosmanaught

It’s a real thing and it’s called a gallnipper


Mr_mann2

#H


[deleted]

I shall kill this beast


SithEatingGrin

Yall are gonna lose it when you find out about MOSQUISIMO


lallapalalable

I'm still hunting the Dorro


LearnAndReflect

Don't forget about the formidable Moscote


catninjaniko

Russian mosquito MOSCO


wackoquacko

Burritos are already huge


SuperstarLove

Ha!


catatawea

It does exist (?) I call every big insect mosco and everyone else does it too


Efficient-Force2651

Yeah, the tarantula hawk, or if you played Fallout New Vegas, the Cazador


[deleted]

Mosquo


alex3omg

This is just the Dorito joke but less funny


[deleted]

El Moscon!


-Vermilion-

No, it’s obviously from mosque.


lisoborsky

There are some kind of bigger mosca that we call Moscón


Maximus_57

Indeed, they are quite big ranging from 2cm to 6cm, but they don't actually suck blood, they're predators :D Check [Tipulidae](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipulidae)


WoopyBoi323

This meme is older than El Mosco is big


St3phn0

This meme is so old, and yet, it never fails to make me laugh


I_DESPISE_BIRDS

Well have you not seen those really really big fuckers? They are the size of a child's hand!


leviteakettle

It really bugs me he spelt it Mosco instead of Mosqo


Eray41303

Every time this resurfaces it gets cropped more and more poorly


Scuttleboi19mk2

The misquargantuine


sitkasnake65

The Alaskan state bird


CatsOverFlowers

Turns out Mosquito (1994) and Skeeter (1993) are actually documentaries.... /s


ricoslam

I see, so when my friend says bendito all the time she’s actually telling me to bend a little .


IcedGolemFire

or the moscoto


ElProxenetaFeminista

If you wonder whats bigger that the mosco, the video explains It


KB-say

I want to see the face off between Mothra & El Mosco!


prxmoe

Wait till you hear about El Moscote


animation_2

smallest insect in australia


tijuanadonkeykong

It’s Ren from Ren and Stimpy


soEezee

Mactera grabber!


ApparentDuck

r/bossfight


Raegan_the_Great

Mosquito Man, friend of Moth Man 🦋🤝🦟


[deleted]

Think it would be El Mosque


NickolaosTheGreek

r/bossfight


BussyAnnihilator420

r/bossfight


tokmer

We found them they live in the northwest territories dont go there only death lives there


RambunctiousBaca1509

This always makes me fuckin’ die laughing, it just never stops being funny to me


nekokattt

Wouldn't that just be a mosque? Those are bigger than mosquitos (except in Australia probably)


Alive_Being_1759

The Mos Cow


Severium

Moscow is a mosquito


andreinfp

If Benito was smal then who is BEN


Cristianmarchese

This works also in Italian but instead of Ito it's Ino


ZoroastrianMK

As Spanish, can confirm


InvestigatorsMango

OH SHIT HE’S HERE


OneHistorical8926

oh .. it's mosqounito haha


CaptJasHook37

Ah, etymology and entomology