tijera

== Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish tixera, tisera, from Latin (ferramenta) tōnsōria, from tōnsus. Compare Portuguese tesoura, Galician tesoiras, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores. The unexpected -i- in the Spanish, Asturian, and Catalan forms may perhaps be explained due to influence from synonymous but unrelated Old French cisoires, ciseaux === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiˈxeɾa/ [t̪iˈxe.ɾa] Rhymes: -eɾa Syllabification: ti‧je‧ra === Noun === tijera f (plural tijeras) (often in the plural) scissors ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “tijera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025