tesoura

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) scissors (tool used for cutting)
2. (feminine) a type of truss (framework of beams forming a rigid structure) used in rooves
3. (feminine) scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
4. (feminine) scissors (a hand with the index and middle fingers open in rock papers scissors)
5. (feminine) earwig (any insect of the order Dermaptera)
6. (feminine) fiddler crab (Ocypodidae spp.)
7. (feminine) a form of sliding tackle where the player performing the tackle has his legs wide open
8. (feminine) scissor kick (a kick where the attacker attempts to grabs his opponent’s neck with his legs)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of tesourar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of tesourar:

Concepts

scissors

✂️

shears

pair of scissors

shear

fiddler crab

victory hand

scissors

✂️

victory hand

clippers

Synonyms

tosquiadeira

podadeira

chama-maré

tesouras

Tesouras

mão em V de vitória

tesoura aberta

Translations

Schere

schaar

tijeras

ciseaux

tisores

✂️

forbici

✂️

ψαλίδι

makas

✂️

axicia

meqes

مقص

✂️

ganivet

🔪

forbice

Pronounced as (IPA)

/teˈzo(w).ɾɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: tōnsōria

Cognate with Galician: tesoira

Cognate with Spanish: tijera

Cognate with Asturian: tixeres

Cognate with Catalan: tisores

In summary

From tesoira, from Latin tōnsōria (forfex), from tōnsor (“hair cutter”), from tondeō (“to shear”). Compare Galician tesoira, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.