matamoscas

Portuguese

Noun

matamoscas m (invariable)

1. flyswatter (hand-held device for swatting flies)

Spanish

Amanita muscaria

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) ‎ moscas (“flies”).

Noun

matamoscas m (plural matamoscas)

1. flyswatter
2. fly agaric, Amanita muscaria

   Synonym: oronja falsa

See also

• matamoscas on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• Amanita muscaria on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Further reading

• “matamoscas”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28