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moscón

bothersome person; blowfly

noun mohs-KOHN Rare

Also means

persistent nuisance

Usage Note

Moscón doubles as a large fly (the blowfly or bluebottle) and, colloquially, a person who will not leave you alone. In everyday speech the figurative sense is common: Ese moscón no para de llamar (that pest keeps calling). It is the augmentative of mosca ('fly').

Examples

"Ese moscón lleva horas molestando."

Natural Translation

That pest has been annoying us for hours.

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