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Moscas is feminine in Spanish. The article is las, so the full form is las moscas ("flies").
FEMININEmoscas is the plural of mosca
las moscas — flies
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How do you say moscas in Spanish?
How do you pronounce moscas in Spanish?
moscas is pronounced /las ˈmoskas/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La mosca negra es muy pequeña y molesta.
The black fly is very small and annoying.
Esa mosca grande voló directamente hacia mi cara.
That large fly flew directly toward my face.
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Why is it feminine?
Moscas is feminine because it derives from Latin "musca," which was feminine in the first declension (not second), and this gender was preserved as Spanish evolved from Vulgar Latin. The -a ending in Spanish consistently marks feminine nouns, a pattern inherited directly from Latin feminine forms ending in -a.
What is the Spanish word for flies?
The Spanish word for flies is las moscas — feminine.
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