Question

What's the plural word for mosquito?

2023-06-26

This is what goPenpal answered

The plural word for mosquito is "mosquitoes". This is one instance where English is borrowing from Spanish, but adding that English 'es' at the end for plurals. Despite "mosquito" being a Spanish word, in English we apply English rules to make it a plural. Interestingly, other words ending in 'o' such as "kilo" and "photo", merely add an 's' not 'es'. Language does a funny thing, it doesn't always follow the rules, even the rules it makes up itself!

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