tesoura.
scissors (tool used for cutting)
Meaning & usage
scissors (tool used for cutting)
a type of truss (framework of beams forming a rigid structure) used in rooves
scissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
scissors (a hand with the index and middle fingers open in rock papers scissors)
earwig (any insect of the order Dermaptera)
fiddler crab (Ocypodidae spp.)
a form of sliding tackle where the player performing the tackle has his legs wide open
scissor kick (a kick where the attacker attempts to grabs his opponent’s neck with his legs)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *tend-der. Proto-Italic *tondeō Latin tondeō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōrius Latin tōnsōrius Latin tōnsōria Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ-der. Proto-Italic *forðomder. Latin forfex Latin tōnsōria forfex Old Galician-Portuguese tesoyra Portuguese tesoira Portuguese tesoura From earlier tesoira, Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tesoyra, from Latin tōnsōria (forfex) (literally “shearing scissors”), from tondeō (“to shear, shave”). Compare Galician tesoira, Spanish tijera, Asturian tixeres, tisories, Catalan tisores.
inflection of tesourar: third-person singular present indicative
inflection of tesourar: second-person singular imperative
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