tesourar
Portuguese, verb/t͡ʃi.zo(w)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
tesourar is spelled T-E-S-O-U-R-A-R (8 letters). Tesourar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to scissor (cut using scissors)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cortar com tesoura”.
What does tesourar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scissor (cut using scissors)
- 2
to scissor (excise or expunge)
- 3
informalto badmouth (speak ill of someone)
- 4
Brazilto scissor, to trib (engage in tribadism)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. cortar com tesoura 2. cortar 3. falar mal de
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 tesourar
- tesouro first-person present singular
- tesourei first-person preterite singular
- tesourado participle past
- tesourares infinitive second-person singular
- tesourarmos first-person infinitive plural
- tesourardes infinitive plural second-person
- tesourarem infinitive plural third-person
- tesourando gerund
- tesourados masculine participle past
- tesourada feminine participle past
- tesouradas feminine participle past
- tesouras indicative present second-person
- tesoura indicative present singular
- tesouramos first-person indicative plural
- tesourais indicative plural present
- tesouram indicative plural present
- tesourava first-person imperfect indicative
- tesouravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tesourar?
- Brazil /t͡ʃi.zo(w)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [t͡ʃi.zo(ʊ̯)ˈɾa(h)]
- Brazil /te.zo(w)ˈɾa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.