tesoura
Portuguese, noun/t͡ʃiˈzo(w).ɾɐ/
tesoura is spelled T-E-S-O-U-R-A (7 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tesoura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “scissors (tool used for cutting)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of tesourar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento com duas lâminas móveis e cortantes reunidas por um eixo”.
What does tesoura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescissors (tool used for cutting)
- 2
femininea type of truss (framework of beams forming a rigid structure) used in rooves
- 3
femininescissor-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
- 4
femininescissors (a hand with the index and middle fingers open in rock papers scissors)
- 5
feminineearwig (any insect of the order Dermaptera)
- 6
femininefiddler crab (Ocypodidae spp.)
- 7
femininea form of sliding tackle where the player performing the tackle has his legs wide open
- 8
femininescissor kick (a kick where the attacker attempts to grabs his opponent’s neck with his legs)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento com duas lâminas móveis e cortantes reunidas por um eixo 2. pessoa maldizente 3. modalidade de golpe de certas lutas desportivas 4. peças de madeira ou ferro que suportam o telhado de um edifício
noun: 1. posição sexual em que duas mulheres posicionam-se com as pernas abertas uma em relação a outra de modo que tocam-se com suas vulvas
noun: 1. relação sexual feita na posição sexual tesoura
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tesoura
- tesouras plural
- tesoira alternative dated
- thesoura alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tesoura?
- Brazil /t͡ʃiˈzo(w).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [t͡ʃiˈzo(ʊ̯).ɾɐ]
- Brazil /teˈzo(w).ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tesoura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tesoura in Portuguese?
tesoura appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).