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tusar

Spanish, verb/tuˈsaɾ/

tusar is a Spanish verb meaning “to shear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Arreglar el pelo, alisándolo con la mano o el peine”.

What does tusar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    Latin-Americato shear

  2. 2

    Latin-Americacolloquialto trim, clip

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Arreglar el pelo, alisándolo con la mano o el peine. 2. Cortar el pelo a un animal. 3. En especial, cortar a tijera los pelos largos de la crin y la cola del caballo para mejorar su aspecto. 4. Cortar el pelo a una persona.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of tusar

  • tuso first-person present singular
  • tusé first-person preterite singular
  • tusado participle past
  • tusando gerund
  • tusada feminine participle past
  • tusados masculine participle past
  • tusadas feminine participle past
  • tusas indicative informal present
  • tusás indicative informal present
  • tusa indicative present singular
  • tusamos first-person indicative plural
  • tusáis indicative plural present
  • tusan indicative plural present
  • tusaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • tusabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • tusábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • tusabais imperfect indicative plural
  • tusaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tusar?

  • /tuˈsaɾ/
  • [t̪uˈsaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.