Usage Note
Mosca means the common housefly and related flies. The idiom non si sentiva volare una mosca ('you couldn't hear a fly buzzing') describes complete silence. Mosca is also a boxing term for the flyweight category (peso mosca). Plural: mosche.
Examples
"Una mosca volava intorno alla frutta."
Natural Translation
A fly was buzzing around the fruit.
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