Pronunciations

Definitions

• interj. Shut up; keep your mouth shut.

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Ladino

Etymology

• la boca cerrada, no entran moscas, lit. 'the mouth closed, flies do not enter'

Who Uses This

• Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and
• post-expulsion
• in Turkey
• Greece
• and other parts of the Ottoman Empire
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Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• None

Alternative Spellings

la boca cerada, no entran moscas, la boca serrada, no entran moscas, la boca serada, no entran moscas, la boca cerrada, no entran moshcas, la boca cerada, no entran moshcas, la boca serrada, no entran moshcas, la boca serada, no entran moshcas, la boka cerrada, no entran moskas, la boka cerada, no entran moskas, la boka serrada, no entran moskas, la boka serada, no entran moskas, la boka cerrada, no entran moshkas, la boka cerada, no entran moshkas, la boka serrada, no entran moshkas, la boka serada, no entran moshkas