matamoscas
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
matamoscas m (invariable)
- flyswatter (hand-held device for swatting flies)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + moscas (“flies”).
Noun edit
matamoscas m (plural matamoscas)
- flyswatter
- fly agaric, Amanita muscaria
- Synonym: oronja falsa
See also edit
matamoscas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es- Amanita muscaria on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Further reading edit
- “matamoscas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014