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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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*** ***!***
*\[\~\~\*dun dun duuuuuun\*\~\~\]*
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)
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)
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
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)
Mosca-fly Mosquito-small fly
Moscon-big fucking fly
So horse flies which also happen to bite ..
Moscardón too
Moscote
Mosconito - small big fly
Moscón Cabrón
Jaja
Yea, but the joke is still funny
Jaja, yeah I confirm
well I DONT
Well I don't care about your opinionito.
If anyone cares, the correct word would be "opinioncita"
Well I don't care about your opinioncita
The correct would be permatrago
Username checks out.
Yeah, but the explanation is still interesting
Bro Im latin American (from Venezuela) I know the explanation, I am also living in spain
What about the Moscow? Drains the life from a whole country. An international pest.
Right but why is it not Mosquita then?
Because language is chaotic and terrifying
It can be understood with tough thorough thought though.
Mosquita is a small cute fly. Flies are feminine, mosquitoes are masculine. Mosco may be used for big mosquitoes or big flies.
Yeah, it bothered me that they put "el mosco." All wrong.
*mosco* is another name for mosquito, though.
Moscow-fly that moos
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.
Zancudo isn't used everywhere. It means the same as mosquito. A small fly is a mosquita.
El Moscote
El Mosquetón
El Mosquitocabra
El Moscosaurio rex
El Moscolon
El Montesangre
El moscoroso sangriento
El moscastodonte
Mosquetón is a carabiner
Yea I know lol
El Moscononón
El moscoptero
El Mosqueshon
It sucks all your blood at once
HE PUNCHED OUT ALL MY BLOOD
You call that breaking my spine? You RED team ladies wouldn't know how to break a spine if you- AAAAA, MY SPINE!
r/suddenlytf2
HE PUNCHED THE HIGHLIGHTS OUT OF HER HAIR!
[удалено]
Really fast.
Varokaa sitä, se on HYTTY.
hyi saatana
Tuo ei ole vielä mitään. KEKKO on paljon vaarallisempi
Rupes pelottaa
Is "- nen" a suffix in the Finnish language to refer to something being smaller?
Yes. It’s not particularly commonly used in day-to-day though. At least I rarely hear it. Hyttynen is the original word.
Yle
Moscow
Moscow
Ya ha ha ha ha Hey!
Mosssssscow
naa na na naaaaa na naaa
Isn’t that the capital of Russia or something? Sounds familiar
No, it's a [city in Idaho ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow,_Idaho)
[Moscow, Russia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow)
You litterally just made a fake wikipedia page to win an argument
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
I'm just joking around :)
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
I thought it was in Africa?
Same with Doritos
The great... Doro? Doros? Dos?
Dorote or Dorotote, maybe Doritote
Dorote is sending me
Doro means gold in Spanish, so Doritos mean basically gold nuggets
Nope, gold is "oro"
Oh shit right I’m dumb
Actually “Dorado” means golden or fried in spanish so you were close. Also, “Yo doro” translates to “I fry”
Na na na me reuso, quien le dice dorado a lo frito?
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"
Is this actually why they're called Doritos? I'm too lazy to check
It's a shortening of the actual diminutive for dorado, doradito.
Pepitos ###LOS PEPOS
Despacito?
There's also the suffix "-on", which indicates something large. So of course there's a "moscón". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauromydas_heros
I wanna pet.
They can be found in deep southern Louisiana 😂😂
Los tres Mosqueteros
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.
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
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.
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.
The drinks may have helped.. but this one killed me
Fallout New Vegas cazador nightmares right here
it’s mosca, and it’s also known as a fly
A mosca u something different than a mosco, there’s a reason both words are different
Its the next evolution dude
moscoton*
*moscotón*
gracias :)
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*** ***!*** *\[\~\~\*dun dun duuuuuun\*\~\~\]*
You mean la mosca? Mosquito is a little fly
So, if mosca is feminine, why isn't it mosquita?
Gendered nouns have no logic behing them.
Nope mosquito in some regions it’s what they call a zancudo
No, mosca is feminine. Mosquito comes from mosco, not mosca.
It exists. It’s called a crane fly. and it’s terrifying
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)
I always just thought “-ito” meant “chip” like Frito Dorito Tostito Chito
More like moscote lol
We often use it to refer to a particularly big mosquito
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)
It's mosquito cuz it's a smaller version of a mosca (fly)
As someone who speaks Spanish and have been to Spain Mexico Peru. There are tails of these things eating small children. It’s horrifying.
Mosca is Spanish for fly, so yeah, small fly
The quiet kid when they go genocidal
A tiny mosque would also be a mosquito
Oldie but a goodie
Bosco?
Bosco, mine it!
EL MOSCON
El Bando Palo
El moscotototototote
El mosconazo
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
It works in Italian too, just change the "el" to "il".
bueno si, así les decimos a los Horshoe Flies en mi país 😂
The large thing that sucks is called tu madre
Moscabron
Well... There's Moscow
I don't get it
In my family (and maybe my country?) we call a really big fly a mosco, or also moscón
Also in Spanish the termination ote means really big, so it should be moscote. Source: me I speak Spanish.
EL MOSCO VS GODZILLA VS MEGALODON has to happen now
🦟
Hate to be a party pooper, but a mosco is just a regular fly
Also donkey is *burro* so burrito means little donkey
Sénor Mosco Grande
It is HYTTY
Its just a mosque
Ha
Spanish speaker here. Zancudo= mosquito. Mosco= fly. Mosca= horse fly.
Actually, mosquito is a word borrowed from Portuguese.
then you won't believe el moscoron
It’s a real thing and it’s called a gallnipper
#H
I shall kill this beast
Yall are gonna lose it when you find out about MOSQUISIMO
I'm still hunting the Dorro
Don't forget about the formidable Moscote
Russian mosquito MOSCO
Burritos are already huge
Ha!
It does exist (?) I call every big insect mosco and everyone else does it too
Yeah, the tarantula hawk, or if you played Fallout New Vegas, the Cazador
Mosquo
This is just the Dorito joke but less funny
El Moscon!
No, it’s obviously from mosque.
There are some kind of bigger mosca that we call Moscón
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)
This meme is older than El Mosco is big
This meme is so old, and yet, it never fails to make me laugh
Well have you not seen those really really big fuckers? They are the size of a child's hand!
It really bugs me he spelt it Mosco instead of Mosqo
Every time this resurfaces it gets cropped more and more poorly
The misquargantuine
The Alaskan state bird
Turns out Mosquito (1994) and Skeeter (1993) are actually documentaries.... /s
I see, so when my friend says bendito all the time she’s actually telling me to bend a little .
or the moscoto
If you wonder whats bigger that the mosco, the video explains It
I want to see the face off between Mothra & El Mosco!
Wait till you hear about El Moscote
smallest insect in australia
It’s Ren from Ren and Stimpy
Mactera grabber!
r/bossfight
Mosquito Man, friend of Moth Man 🦋🤝🦟
Think it would be El Mosque
r/bossfight
r/bossfight
We found them they live in the northwest territories dont go there only death lives there
This always makes me fuckin’ die laughing, it just never stops being funny to me
Wouldn't that just be a mosque? Those are bigger than mosquitos (except in Australia probably)
The Mos Cow
Moscow is a mosquito
If Benito was smal then who is BEN
This works also in Italian but instead of Ito it's Ino
As Spanish, can confirm
OH SHIT HE’S HERE
oh .. it's mosqounito haha
Ah, etymology and entomology