vassoura

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [bɐˈsow.ɾɐ] Hyphenation: vas‧sou‧ra === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese vassoyra, from Vulgar Latin *versōria, ultimately derived from Latin verrō (“sweep”). Cognate with Galician vasoira. ==== Alternative forms ==== bassoura (dialectal) vassoira, bassoira (dialectal) vassoyra (obsolete) vassôra (pronunciation spelling) ==== Noun ==== vassoura f (plural vassouras) broom (domestic utensil used to sweep) broom (any of several shrubs with thin, long branches) ===== Derived terms ===== vassourada vassourão vassoura-de-bruxa vassoura de fogo vassourar ===== Related terms ===== varrer (“sweep”) ===== Descendants ===== Macanese: vassôra Papiamentu: basora === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== vassoura inflection of vassourar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “vassoura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “vassoura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026