Where it is said
- the Northeast· strongly associated
How it is used
The ordinary Northeastern word for a mosquito, where São Paulo says pernilongo and Rio says muriçoca or carapanã. Fully neutral, used by everyone; from Tupi.
Examples
Em Salvador, o mosquito é chamado de muriçoca.
In Salvador, the mosquito is called muriçoca.
A muriçoca me picou várias vezes.
The mosquito bit me several times.
As muriçocas atrapalham o sono no verão.
Mosquitoes ruin sleep in the summer.
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Sources cited on this page
Sources: Aulete — muriçoca · tier 2; Priberam — muriçoca · tier 2; Dicionário Popular — Gírias nordestinas · tier 3