tesoura

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -owɾɐ, -oɾɐ Hyphenation: te‧sou‧ra === Etymology 1 === From tesoira, from Latin tōnsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (“hair cutter”), from tondeō (“to shear”). Compare Galician tesoira, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores. ==== Alternative forms ==== tesoira (dated) thesoura (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== tesoura f (plural tesouras) scissors (tool used for cutting) (architecture) a type of truss (framework of beams forming a rigid structure) used in rooves Synonym: asna scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) Synonym: tesourinha scissors (a hand with the index and middle fingers open in rock papers scissors) earwig (any insect of the order Dermaptera) Synonyms: bicha-cadela, bicho-da-lenha, lacrainha, rapino, rapelho, raspelho, tesourinha fiddler crab (Ocypodidae spp.) Synonyms: caranguejo-violinista, catanhão-tesoura, chama-maré, chora-maré, ciecié, maracauim, siri-patola, vem-cá, xié (soccer) a form of sliding tackle where the player performing the tackle has his legs wide open (martial arts) scissor kick (a kick where the attacker attempts to grabs his opponent’s neck with his legs) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tesoura inflection of tesourar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “tesoura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tesoura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “tesoura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “tesoura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026