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tesourar.

to scissor (cut using scissors)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/t͡ʃi.zo(w)ˈɾa(ʁ)/Brazil[t͡ʃi.zo(ʊ̯)ˈɾa(h)]Brazil/te.zo(w)ˈɾa(ʁ)/Brazil[te.zo(ʊ̯)ˈɾa(h)]Brazil
  1. to scissor (cut using scissors)

    transitive
  2. to scissor (excise or expunge)

    intransitive · transitive
  3. to badmouth (speak ill of someone)

    informal · intransitive · transitive
  4. to scissor, to trib (engage in tribadism)

    Brazil · Internet · intransitive · usually
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 Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Portuguese tesourar From tesoura (“scissors”) + -ar. * (to badmouth): Attested as early as the 1900s and referred to as slang. * (to trib): Semantic loan from English scissor. First attested in the 2010s.

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